Dubuque, IA – The Dubuque Fighting Saints (3-3-0-0, 6 pts) host the Youngstown Phantoms (0-5-0-0, 0 pts) on Saturday night to complete a weekend series.
Here are five things to know ahead of the matchup:
1. Immediate Impact
Caden Dabrowski returned to the Fighting Saints' lineup on Friday night and led the team to a 5-3 win over the Phantoms. In his season debut, Dabrowski scored a goal and added three assists to tie a career high with four points.
Dabrowski assisted on the first three Saints goals in the win before scoring an empty-netter late for Dubuque. The Saints' finished his rookie season with 22 points in his last 20 games last season and began his 2026-27 season with a four-point game.
2. Därth Delivers
On a major power play in the second period of Friday's win, Olle Därth scored his first power-play goal of the campaign. The goal put Dubuque ahead late in the second frame and the Saints never surrendered the lead.
Därth scored his first game-winning goal of the season with his second tally in the first six games for the Saints.
3. Hot Hand
Arsienii Voroteliak was promoted to the Saints' top line last Saturday against Cedar Rapids and rewarded the coaching staff with his first-career goal.
He remained on the top line on Friday, playing with Melvin Ekman and Dabrowski. Voroteliak scored two more goals for Dubuque on Friday, logging his first multi-goal game and helping Dubuque to the win.
4. Rapid Response
The Fighting Saints trailed twice in Friday's win over the Phantoms and responded with two goals to take the lead each time. The first deficit came in the first period before Voroteliak scored his first of the game just 30 seconds later.
Voroteliak's second goal tied the game in the second, just 2:03 after Youngstown took the lead back from Dubuque. Overall, the Saints' trailed for just 2:33 despite multiple deficits.
5. Phantom Flicks
The Phantoms had three different goal scorers in the game on Friday, all scoring their first goals of the season. Matej Mikes opened the scoring before Jesse Orlowsky and Austin Hall scored goals in the second period.
Youngstown entered the weekend allowing just 24 shots on goal per game and allowed Dubuque to just 25 in Friday's game. Still, Dubuque was able to score five for the first time since the season opener at the Fall Classic.
Saturday's game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and tickets are available here. The game can also be found on Eagle 102.3 and FloHockey.
