Snakes' Winning Streak At Five

Published on January 24, 2011 under SPHL (SPHL)
Columbus Cottonmouths News Release


COLUMBUS, Ga. - The Columbus Cottonmouths pushed their winning streak to five games last week with two big home wins over Fayetteville and Louisiana to the tune of 7-3 and 6-3, respectively, on Friday and Saturday nights. After a weekend against the bottom two teams in the SPHL, the Cottonmouths will play this week against the Augusta RiverHawks on Tuesday night, who are currently tied with the Snakes for fourth place in the league standings, and then embark on a season-long five game road trip, starting with a back-to-back weekend of games at third-place Huntsville on Friday and Saturday nights. All three games will be broadcast on America One Networks with both a video and audio feed, with a nominal fee for each game. A free audio-only webcast of the games is also available. Details can be found at www.cottonmouths.com. In addition, road games are now broadcast locally in the Columbus area on 106.9 WRCG-FM.

CURRENT RECORDS AND STATS

Last Week: 2-0(0)

Record: 17-16(3), 34 pts (T-4th, SPHL)

106 GF, 102 GA

17.4% PP (6th, SPHL); 87.7% PK (1st, SPHL)

LAST WEEK'S TRANSACTIONS

1/21 - Activated D Brody Malek from injured reserve

1/21 - Placed F Sam Bowles on 30-day injured reserve

LEAGUE STANDINGS

TEAM GP W L PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD

Pensacola 33 22 11 44 .667 129 114 639 10-6 12-5

Mississippi 33 21 12 42 .636 123 97 738 12-4 9-8

Huntsville 32 20 12 40 .625 105 87 591 10-4 10-8

Columbus 33 17 16 34 .515 106 102 738 10-7 7-9

Augusta 34 17 17 34 .500 113 112 773 9-9 8-8

Knoxville 33 16 17 32 .485 109 114 765 10-7 6-10

Fayetteville 35 15 20 30 .429 117 119 763 8-10 7-10

Louisiana 39 8 31 16 .205 110 167 745 4-16 4-15

UPCOMING GAMES AND PROMOTIONS

Tuesday, January 25 - Augusta at Columbus, 7:30 PM EST (Season Series vs. AUG: 2-4(1))

The Snakes host the Augusta RiverHawks on Tuesday night in a game that was originally scheduled for last Monday, January 17. The Snakes and 'Hawks are tied for fourth place in the SPHL standings although Columbus has the better winning percentage with a game in hand on Augusta. The home team had won each game of the series so far this season until a 4-3 Augusta win in overtime at the Snake Pit on January 7. This marks the final game between the Snakes and RiverHawks in Columbus this season; the Cottonmouths still have two games scheduled at the James Brown Arena in Augusta on February 4 and March 25.

PROMOTIONS: Business and Industry Night-show your business card or company ID badge and get buy one get one free upper level tickets at the box office. $2 beer; Georgia Lottery Night-one lucky fan, 18+, will win $500 in instant win tickets while hundreds of other fans will take home tshirts!

Friday/Saturday, January 28/29 - Columbus at Huntsville, 8:35 PM EST (both nights) (Season Series vs. HSV: 1-4(0))

The Snakes will travel to the Von Braun Center in Huntsville this weekend for the first time since November 5. Columbus is 0-2 against the Havoc and will be looking to snap a Huntsville home winning streak against the Snakes that has spanned two seasons; the last Cottonmouths victory on VBC ice was on March 21, 2009 in the 2008-09 regular season finale. Like the Snakes of late, the Havoc have also been bitten by the injury bug; forward Stephen Margeson, whose 19 goals are tops among all Huntsville players, was placed on the 30-day injured reserve last week. Columbus may be seeing a familiar face in a Havoc sweater this weekend as forward Brent Clarke, who the Snakes waived earlier this month, was signed to a three-game tryout by Huntsville last week.

COTTONMOUTHS WEEK IN REVIEW

Friday, January 21 - Fayetteville 3 at Columbus 7 (Attendance: 4,858)

Mitch Wall's two-goal effort paced the Snakes in a 7-3 win over the Fayetteville FireAntz on Friday night in front of the second-biggest crowd at the Snake Pit this season. Jordan Braid, Jesse Cole, Orrin Hergott, Matt Kinnunen, and Kyle Lundale all scored once apiece for Columbus. The seven-goal output was a season high single-game total for the Cottonmouths. Ian Vigier collected his sixth straight win in net for Columbus, stopping 20 of the 23 shots he faced. Travis Yonkman took the loss between the pipes for the Fayetteville with 29 saves on 36 shots on goal. Columbus was 2 for 5 on the power play while the FireAntz were 1 for 4.

Saturday, January 22 - Louisiana 3 at Columbus 6 (Attendance: 3,010)

After winning the night before to snap their SPHL-record 20 game losing streak, the Louisiana IceGators stayed winless on the season against the Cottonmouths, falling 6-3 to Columbus. Jesse Cole had two goals, including the game-winner, for the Snakes, while Orrin Hergott, Matt Kinnunen, Kyle Lundale, and Peter MacDougall scored once apiece. Andrew Loewen took the win in net for Columbus with 25 saves on 28 shots while Scott Darling of Louisiana turned aside 42 of the 47 shots on goal he faced. Columbus was 1 for 9 on the power play while the IceGators were 0 for 3 with the man advantage; however, two of the three Louisiana goals came shorthanded in the contest.

THREE STARS OF THE WEEK

1. F Jesse Cole - Cole had a five-point week with a goal and assist on Friday and two goals and a helper on Saturday.

2. F Mitch Wall - Wall had a two-goal game on Friday night along with an assist and added an assist on Saturday.

3. D Kyle Lundale - Lundale scored a goal each night and added an assist on Matt Kinnunen's empty-netter Saturday.

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