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Jacksonville Icemen, Savannah Ghost Pirates face off in Georgia Saturday

Who: Jacksonville Icemen at Savannah Ghost Pirates.

When: 7 p.m. Saturday.

Where: Enmarket Arena, Savannah, Ga.

The skinny: The Icemen return to the road for two games in Georgia, the first on Saturday night against the Ghost Pirates. ... Jacksonville enters the weekend in fourth place in the ECHL South Division, only one point behind the second-place Orlando Solar Bears and three points ahead of the fifth-place Florida Everblades. ... Savannah's Brent Pedersen leads the ECHL with six game-winning goals. ... The Icemen (8,061) and Ghost Pirates (6,800) record the highest average attendances in the ECHL Eastern Conference. ... With only 7.90 penalty minutes per game and no misconduct, game misconduct or match penalties, the Icemen have received the fewest penalties in the league this season.

Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Icemen-Savannah Ghost Pirates: January 6 ECHL preview