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Published on April 7, 2003 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


2003 Kelly Cup Playoffs Northeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series) Atlantic City Leads Series 2-0

No. 1 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (41-19-12) at No. 4 Trenton Titans (38-24-10) 7:00 ET / 6:00 CT

* Paul Spadafora had three points (1g-2a) and Matt Yeats stopped 22 shots as the Bullies shut out the Titans 4-0 in Game 2.

* J.F. Caudron scored the game-winning goal late in the third to lead Atlantic City to a 4-3 win in Game 1.

* Tyler Beechey scored two goals and Scott Bertoli had three assists for the Titans in Game 1.

* Jim Henkel had two assists and four different players netted goals in the Bullies victory in Game 1.

* Trenton has qualified for the postseason in each of its first five seasons.

* Atlantic City led the ECHL in scoring during the regular season, averaging 3.69 goals per game.

* Trenton qualified for the playoffs in its final regular season game, a 7-2 home win over Atlantic City.

* Titans' Adam Edinger scored 11 points (5g-6a) in eight regular season games against Atlantic City.

2003 Kelly Cup Playoffs Southeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series) Pee Dee Leads Series 2-1

No 2 South Carolina Stingrays (42-22-8) at No. 3 Pee Dee Pride (40-26-6) 7:00 ET / 6:00 CT

* Peter Fregoe scored three points (1g-2a) and Kyle Kidney scored the game-winner in Pee Dee's 4-3 win at South Carolina in Game 3.

* The road team has won all three games in this series.

* Aaron Schneekloth and Dave Seitz each had a goal and an assist in South Carolina's 7-1 win in Game 2.

* Preston Mizzi had a goal and an assist and Ron Vogel stopped 25 shots in Pee Dee's 3-0 win in Game 1.

* Kirk Daubenspeck stopped 27 of 28 Pride shots in Stingrays' 7-1 Game 2 win.

* Pee Dee is 7-6 all-time against South Carolina in the postseason.

* Stingrays have never missed the playoffs in each of their 10 seasons in the ECHL.

* Since moving to South Carolina in 1997, Pee Dee has never missed the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

* South Carolina was 7-1-1 against Pee-Dee in 2002-03 and is 37-20-7 all-time in the regular season.

2003 Kelly Cup Playoffs Southeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series) Columbia Leads Series 2-0

No. 1 Columbia Inferno (47-23-2) at No. 4 Greenville Grrrowl (28-36-8) 7:05 ET / 6:05 CT

* Sean Owens had two goals and the Inferno scored four power-play goals in a 6-4 win in Game 2.

* Greenville added two power-play goals of its own in Game 2.

* Trevor Demmans and Shawn Wansborough each scored a goal and had an assist for the Inferno in its 6-2 win in Game 1.

* Peter Flache and Matt Demarski scored goals for the Grrrowl in Game 1.

* Inferno is 50.0 percent (7-14) on the power play in the first two games of the series.

* Grrrowl won 3-2 at Florida in the Southeast Division Wild Card Game on Tuesday.

* Inferno has qualified for the postseason in each of its first two seasons.

* Grrrowl is the defending Kelly Cup Champions.

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