Bad start hurts Ice Pilots in 5-2 loss
Published on March 27, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release
CHARLOTTE, NC - It was a tough start to the game for the Pensacola Ice Pilots on Tuesday night in Charlotte North Carolina.
The Ice Pilots surrendered four goals in the first period and dropped a 5-2 decision to the Checkers. It extended the Ice Pilots winless streak to seven games but it also moved the Checkers into a three way tie for fourth place in the South Division along with Augusta and South Carolina.
The game was the first of the last road trip of the season for the Ice Pilots that continues Thursday in Charlotte and concludes on Saturday in Gwinnett.
The Ice Pilots were without several of its regulars, including Sergei Ogorodnikov who was called up to Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Nate Metcalf was injured in practice and did not play. Dan Sullivan served the second of a two game suspension and Torry Gadja left the game in the first period.
In the first 20 minutes the Ice Pilots had a rough start giving up four straight goals, including two in the first four minutes and another two in the final six minutes.
However, the Ice Pilots turned that around and played a terrific second period and battled back in the contest when Rene Gauthier scored his fifth of the season from Rich Meloche at 4:51. David Wrigley cut the deficit to a pair of goals when he scored on the power play to make it 4-2. John Hecimovic had an assist on that goal.
After a slow start to the game, Michael Mole played well in the final 40 minutes as he limited the Checkers to just one more goal in the third period.
The two teams will meet again on Thursday night at 6pm central, 7 pm eastern at Bobcat Arena. Fans can tune into the game on Classic Country AM1620 beginning with pre-game show coverage at 5:45 pm followed by the play-by-play with Denis J. Puska.
The game is available on the world wide web at www.icepilots.com powered by Sportsjuice and video coverage is provided by the B2 Networks and a high speed Internet connection is required in order to view the game.
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