Charlotte Defeats Ice Pilots 3-1
March 15, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release
PENSACOLA, FL - The Charlotte Checkers made their first visit to the Hangar this season, defeating the Ice Pilots 3-1 in front of 4,622 at the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday night.
The teams combined for 30 first period shots as Charlotte went ahead 1-0. Blake Bellefeuille tallied his 13th goal of the season finishing off a 3 on 1 play as he sent a backhanded shot past Ice Pilots goaltender Cam Ellsworth to give Charlotte the first lead of the game. Charlotte out shot the Ice Pilots 17-13.
Charlotte added to their lead in the second period as Tom Pyatt who had been sent from the AHL, danced towards the net, firing a top shelf shot to make it 2-0 after two periods of play.
The Pilots tried to be the comeback kids again as Patrick Bordeleau tipped in a loose puck for his 4th goal of the season and it cut the lead to 2-1 for Charlotte but they went back ahead by two as Chris Capraro got credit for his 21st goal as it went in off a Pilots player and Charlotte won game one of the three game series 3-1.
Shots were even at 38 as Cam Ellsworth played well again making 35 saves in the loss.
Don't miss the hard hitting, exciting action, as the Ice Pilots' next home game
is Sunday, March 16 at 5:05 p.m. vs. the Charlotte Checkers at the Civic Center. It
is Saturn Sunday and Recycle Sunday. Group Tickets and Military Packages are still
available through the Ice Pilots office. For more information, or to reserve your
seats, call (850) 432-PUCK, or visit the Ice Pilots web site at www.icepilots.com
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