Thunderbirds set for three-game series against Zydeco

BATON ROUGE, LA. – The Twin City Thunderbirds are set for this weekend’s three-game road series against the Baton Rouge Zydeco at the Raising Cane’s River Center. Twin City will play three consecutive games against the Zydeco before returning home to the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Arena to host the Athens Rock Lobsters for NASCAR Night presented by Gatsby’s Pub on Friday, March 13^th at 7:35pm ET. Tonight’s road game is scheduled to begin at 8:05pm ET. Tomorrow night’s game will begin at 8:05pm ET, and puck drop for Sunday’s game is set for 4:05pm ET.

Twin City (18-22-1) enters this weekend’s three-game road series as the 5^th place team in the FPHL’s Continental Division standings. The Thunderbirds trail the Pee Dee IceCats by ten points with fifteen games remaining in the 2025-2026 regular season campaign. Twin City has posted a 5-5-0 record over the past ten games, and completed last weekend with a 1-2-0 record. The Thunderbirds opened last weekend with an 8-6 home win over the Watertown Wolves one week ago. The eight goals netted by Twin City were the most in a single game this season. The Thunderbirds dropped the following night’s home game by a final score of 3-2 to the Wolves, and fell Sunday evening to the Athens Rock Lobsters by two goals. Jan Salak and Nate Keeley each netted a goal for Twin City in Sunday’s final game of the weekend. The Thunderbirds posted a 2-0-0 record in head-to-head games against the Zydeco last season. Twin City won back-to-back games over Baton Rouge on December 6^th and December 7^th, 2024, each by one goal. The Thunderbirds specialty teams enter the weekend after being held off of the scoreboard for the first time in nine games in Sunday’s 4-2 road loss to the Rock Lobsters at Akins Ford Arena. Twin City’s powerplay is 35/172 (20.3%) and the team’s penalty kill is 116/162 (71.6%) entering tonight’s road game. Scoring leaders for the Thunderbirds following this week’s roster moves include Zach White (21), Roman Kraemer (17), and Jan Salak (16).

Baton Rouge (11-24-6) enters this weekend’s three-game series against Twin City following a two-game road sweep last weekend against the Topeka Scarecrows. The Zydeco won a 3-2 decision one week ago on Friday night, and posted a 4-1 victory over the Scarecrows on Saturday. Don Carter Jr., Blake Keller, Curtis Hansen, and Narek Aleksanyan each netted a goal for Baton Rouge in the win. Bailey Stephens won the game in net for the Zydeco in a 45-save-on-46-shot performance. Baton Rouge split games against the division-leading Athens Rock Lobsters two weekends ago. The team’s 6-3 win on Saturday, February 21^st was the first victory for Baton Rouge against Athens in franchise history. The Zydeco are 3-11-4 on home ice this season, and enter tonight’s game in 6^th place in the FPHL’s Continental division standings. Baton Rouge is 21/178 (11.8%) on the powerplay through forty-one games played this season. The team’s 21 goals scored on the man-advantage are the least of any team in the league this season. The Zydeco’s penalty kill is 111/141 (78.7%). Scoring leaders for Baton Rouge entering tonight’s matchup include Jake Cox (13), Narek Aleksanyan (10), and Blake Keller (9).