October 29, 2022 – Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) – Birmingham Bulls Press release
Pelham, Alabama — The Birmingham Bulls are back in action tonight, October 29, for their home opener of the 2022-23 SPHL season. Birmingham come into tonight’s game with a 2-1 record. The Bulls lost their first game of the season last night to the Huntsville Havoc 2-1 in Huntsville.
Birmingham will host the Knoxville Ice Bears in their home opener with two faces who now wear red and black, who once wore orange, purple and white. Stefan Brucato played five seasons in Knoxville while Stepan Timofeyev played in East Tennessee for the past two years. The duo both signed from Birmingham as free agents in the offseason.
Birmingham enter their first home game with two of the SPHL’s top three points scorers in the first week and a half of the season. Carson Rose is tied for first place with Quad City’s Filip Virgil, both with seven points this season. Newcomer Michael Gillespie is third in the league with six points after a stellar performance that included a first-half hat trick at Vermillion County last weekend. Brett Ouderkirk of Knoxville is fourth in the league with six points.
Knoxville picked up its second win of the season last night, with a 5-2 win over the Fayetteville Marksmen in Knoxville. The Ice Bears and Bulls are both 2-1 in their first game of the season between the two.
Birmingham top scorers (over three games)
Rose Carson
2 goals. 5 assists. 7 points in total
Michael Gillespie
4 goals. 2 assists. 6 points in total.
Jordan Martin
2 goals. 3 assists. 5 points in total.
Knoxville top scorers (over three games)
Brett Ouderkirk
4 goals. 2 assists. 6 points in total.
justin macdonald
2 goals. 3 assists. 5 points in total.
Brady Flower
4 goals. 0 assists. 4 points in total.
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