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Published on April 3, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Northeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five) Trenton Leads Series 1-0

No. 4 Roanoke Express at No. 1 Trenton Titans 7:05 p.m. ET / 6:05 p.m. CT

Trenton won 2-1 on Tuesday taking a 1-0 lead in the series . . . Andreas Moborg scored the game-winning power-play goal and assisted on the first goal scored by Marco Charpentier . . . Joe Dusbabek scored a power-play goal for Roanoke, assisted by Chad Mazurak and Rick Kowalsky . . . Dan Murphy made 20 saves for the Titans . . . Daniel Berthiaume made 20 saves for the Express . . . Roanoke has made the postseason in each of its nine seasons . . . Trenton advanced to the 2001 Kelly Cup Finals losing to South Carolina . . . Express has not won a playoff series since 1999 when it advanced to the Northern Conference Finals.

Northeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five) Atlantic City Leads Series 1-0

No. 3 Atlantic City at No. 2 Charlotte Checkers 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT

Atlantic City won 4-1 on Tuesday taking a 1-0 lead in the series . . . Bullies scored three goals in the third period . . . J.F. Caudron scored an empty-net goal and assisted on Luke Curtin¹s goal . . . Scott Matzka and Ian Walterson also scored goals for Atlantic City . . . Vince Malts scored Charlotte¹s goal, assisted by Dave Duerden and Kurt Seher . . . Scott Stirling made 40 saves for Atlantic City . . . Jason LaBarbera made 32 saves for Charlotte . . . Atlantic City went 1-for-6 on the power play . . . Charlotte went 0-for-4 on the power play.

Northwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five) Peoria Leads Series 1-0

No. 3 Johnstown Chiefs at No. 2 Peoria Rivermen 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT

Chad Starling¹s power-play goal, assisted by Bret Meyers and Matt Golden, gave Peoria a 2-1 win on Tuesday . . . Chiefs¹ Eric Schneider tied the game with a power-play goal, assisted by David Gove and Philippe Roy . . . Rivermen are now 4-0 all-time in the postseason against Johnstown, including a 3-0 sweep in the 2000 Northern Conference Semifinals . . . Phil Osaer made 27 saves for Peoria . . . Dany Sabourin made 38 saves for Johnstown . . . Peoria has advanced to the Northern Conference Finals each of the past two seasons, winning the Kelly Cup in 2000 . . . Chiefs making their third consecutive postseason appearance and their ninth appearance in 14 seasons.

Southeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 3 Columbia Inferno (36-22-14) at No. 2 Pee Dee Pride (41-25-6) 7:00 p.m. ET

Pee Dee is 3-1 at home and 4-4 overall against the Inferno . . . Columbia is 1-1-2 at Pee Dee and 4-2-2 overall against the Pride . . . Pride lost to Louisiana in the 2001 Southern Conference Semifinals . . . Inferno qualifies for the postseason in its first season . . . Pee Dee advanced to the 1999 Southern Conference Finals losing to eventual Kelly Cup Champion Mississippi . . . Pride has qualified for the playoffs in each of its five seasons in Pee Dee . . . Inferno¹s Martin Villeneuve made 66 saves for New Orleans in a 1998 ECHL playoff game, the third most saves in a playoff game.

Northwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 4 Cincinnati Cyclones (36-30-6) at No. 1 Dayton Bombers (40-20-12) 7:00 p.m. ET

Dayton qualified for the postseason for the 11th time in its 11-year history, tying the ECHL record for most postseason appearances set by Hampton Roads from 1990-2000 . . . Cincinnati qualified for the postseason with a 4-3 shootout win against Wheeling in the final regular season game on Sunday . . . Bombers defeated Charlotte in the Northern Conference Quarterfinals in 2001, only their second playoff series win with the other coming in 1995 in the first round against Huntington . . . Cyclones¹ Alex Westlund tied for the ECHL regular season lead with 30 wins and was second in the ECHL with five shutouts . . . Dayton won its first division title in its 11-year history . . . Bombers lost to Cincinnati in the 1992 postseason.

Southwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 3 Pensacola Ice Pilots (38-28-6) at No. 2 Mississippi Sea Wolves (41-25-6) 7:05 p.m. CT

Mississippi defeated Pensacola, two games to one, in the 2000 Southern Conference Wild Card . . . Ice Pilots return to the postseason for the first time since 2000 and the fourth time in their six-year history . . . Sea Wolves return to postseason for first time since 2000 and the fourth time in their six-year history . . . Mississippi won the 1999 Kelly Cup defeating Richmond, four games to three . . . Mississippi is 1-3 at home and 3-4-1 overall against the Ice Pilots . . . Pensacola is 3-0-1 at Mississippi and 5-2-1 overall against the Sea Wolves . . . Ice Pilots¹ Greg Pankewicz scored eight goals against Mississippi . . . Sea Wolves¹ Francois Fortier had eight goals and 13 points against Pensacola . . . Pensacola¹s Louis Dumont had 11 assists and 16 points against the Sea Wolves . . . Mississippi¹s Sergei Kuznetsov had 11 assists against the Ice Pilots . . . Pensacola¹s Louis Dumont led the ECHL with 70 saves and 102 points . . . Mississippi¹s Steffon Walby ranked second in the ECHL with 42 goals and third with 93 points . . . Sea Wolves¹ Francois Fortier ranked fourth in the ECHL with 55 assists and 91 points.

Southwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 4 Jackson Bandits (34-29-9) at No. 1 Louisiana IceGators 7:05 p.m. CT

Bandits defeated New Orleans 3-1 in the Wild Card Round on Tuesday, its first playoff series win ever . . . Richard Pitirri scored an empty ­net goal and assisted on Jackson¹s first goal scored by Sean Gillam . . . Chris Longo scored the game-winning goal, a short-handed goal, at 11:52 in the third period . . . Mike Tamburro made 40 saves for Jackson . . . Louisiana set ECHL records for wins (56), home wins (30), road wins (26), points (116), shutouts (10), and winning percentage (.806) . . . IceGators have qualified for postseason in each of their seven seasons advancing to the Southern Conference Finals in 2001 and 1998 and the Kelly Cup Finals in 2000 and 1997 . . . Louisiana¹s Frederic Cloutier set ECHL records for goals against average (1.84) and save percentage (.945) . . . IceGators¹ Jay Murphy led the ECHL with 12 game-winning goals . . . Louisiana had the top five plus/minus performers with Konstantin Kalmikov (+43), Jay Murphy (+42), Chris Valicevic (+39), Corey Neilson (+39) and Russ Hewson (+38).

2002 Kelly Cup Playoffs Schedule

Thursday, April 4
Florida at Greenville 7:05 p.m. ET Friday, April 5
Charlotte at Atlantic City 7:00 p.m. ET
Florida at Greenville 7:05 p.m. ET
Trenton at Roanoke 7:30 p.m. ET
Dayton at Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. ET
Peoria at Johnstown 7:30 p.m. ET
Pee Dee at Columbia 7:30 p.m. ET
Pensacola at Mississippi 7:35 p.m. CT
Jackson at Louisiana 7:35 p.m. CT Saturday, April 6
Cincinnati at Dayton 7:30 p.m. ET
Columbia at Pee Dee 7:30 p.m. ET
Mississippi at Pensacola 7:05 p.m. CT
*Charlotte at Atlantic City 7:00 p.m. ET
*Peoria at Johnstown 7:30 p.m. ET Sunday, April 7
Greenville at Florida 7:00 p.m. ET
Louisiana at Jackson 2:00 p.m. CT
*Trenton at Roanoke 4:00 p.m. ET
*Pee Dee at Columbia 6:00 p.m. ET
*Mississippi at Pensacola 5:05 p.m. CT Monday, April 8
*Dayton at Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. ET
*Greenville at Florida 7:00 p.m. ET
*Jackson at Louisiana 7:05 p.m. CT

Tuesday, April 9
*Roanoke at Trenton 7:05 p.m. ET
*Johnstown at Peoria 7:00 p.m. CT
*Pensacola at Mississippi 7:05 p.m. CT Wednesday, April 10
*Atlantic City at Charlotte 7:00 p.m. ET
*Cincinnati at Dayton 7:00 p.m. ET
*Columbia at Pee Dee 7:00 p.m. ET
*Jackson at Louisiana 7:05 p.m. CT

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