ECHL Florida Everblades

Blades blanked by Nailers, 5-0

March 26, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release


ESTERO, FL - The Florida Everblades (36-29-4) had a chance to clinch a playoff spot, but fell short getting blanked 5-0 by the Wheeling Nailers (36-29-4) on Saturday night at Germain Arena.

The Blades fell behind early, coughing up a pair of first period goals. Kyle Bushee opened the scoring with a power play marker at 8:07 with a shot from the left point that sailed past Everblades rookie goaltender Troy Passingham.

At 14:25 the Nailers grabbed a two-goal lead when Mikael Bedard chipped home his 17th goal of the season. After Wheeling worked the puck to left side of the net, a rebound bounced free to Bedard who was able to flip a back-hand into the net.

Wheeling duplicated their first period feat in the second period, adding two more tallies. Less than three-minutes into the period Joey Haddad notched his team-leading 20th goal of the season picking up a rebound at the top of the crease and lifting it past a sprawling Passingham.

The Nailers increased their lead to four and chased Passingham from the game at the 13:39 mark when Chris Kushneriuk broke in down the left wing before cutting to the front of the net an slipping a shot inside the left post.

Mike Zacharias came in to relieve Passingham and allowed a third period power play goal to Tyler Murovich at the 7:54 mark to close out the scoring.

In goal Passingham took the loss in his professional debut allowing four goals on 18 shots in the 33:39 played. Zacharias closed out the game stopping 20 of 22 shots in the game's final 26:21

Wheeling goaltender Peter Delmas (14-6-1) recorded his third shutout of the season after stopping all 18 shots he faced..

On the power play, the Everblades closed out the game 0-of-4, while Wheeling closed out the night 2-of-9 on the man-advantage.

The Everblades return to action on Wednesday, March 30 when they host the South Carolina Stingrays at 7:30 p.m. from Germain Arena. Visit www.floridaeverblades.com and www.germainarena.com for more information on ticket packages, pricing and upcoming Germain Arena events.

Individual tickets to all 2010-11 Florida Everblades home games are on sale now! Tickets are available at the TIB Bank Box Office Monday - Friday from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. Fans can also purchase tickets through TicketMaster by logging onto www.ticketmaster.com or calling 800-745-3000.

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