Richmond Renegades Win 5 in a Row (2002) -MLN Sports Zone

Richmond Renegades

Renegades Win Five In A Row
Richmond moves atop the ECHL’s Northeast Division

11.19.02 - Richmond won three games last weekend to increase their current winning streak to five games, while moving into first place in the Northeast Division.

It is the second five-game winning streak of the season for the Renegades, who have won 10 of their last 12 games.

On Friday, Richmond beat Roanoke 8-1; earned a 7-2 victory over Reading on Saturday, and closed out the weekend with a 3-2 win over Roanoke on Sunday.

The eight goals on Friday were the most since the Renegades scored nine goals against Greensboro on January 13, 2001 while the seven-goal margin of victory was the largest since December 15, 1999 when Richmond beat Greensboro 9-1.

The 18 goals the Renegades scored last weekend raised their goals per game average from 2.93 to 3.44.

Lars Pettersen has scored in six consecutive games and leads the Renegades with 13 assists and 20 points while Nick Lent leads Richmond with 10 goals.

In goal, Dan Lombard has won his last five starts, improving to 5-1-0 with a 2.12 goals against average and a .924 save percentage; while Marc Magliarditi is 6-6-0 with a 3.31 goals against average and a .885 save percentage.

The division has been somewhat of a merry-go-round, as there has been a different leader each of the past five weeks.

Trenton led the Northeast after each of the first two weekends of play, but was replaced by Atlantic City on October 28. Reading moved atop the standings on November 4, but was displaced a week later by Atlantic City.

Richmond has won five consecutive home games, a good omen as they will host Augusta on Friday and Roanoke on Saturday.