Coast Lines - Southwest Division

November 4, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

* Arkansas has matched the best start in team history with 6-2-2 record.. * Dean Stork has scored three goals in 10 games after scoring two goals in 51 games in 2000-01. * Terry Marchant has scored a point in nine out of 10 games for Arkansas. * Arkansas travels to Louisiana on Thursday, hosts Louisiana on Saturday and travels to Baton Rouge on Sunday.

Baton Rouge Kingfish

* Kingfish forward Bryan Richardson needs five more assists to reach 100 assists as a Kingfish. * Baton Rouge is 0-5-1 when trailing after the second period and 1-4-1 in one-goal games. * Baton Rouge and Jackson combined for 10 penalty minutes at Jackson on Saturday and combined for 151 at Baton Rouge on Sunday. * Kingfish at home for three, hosting Columbia Tuesday, Pensacola Saturday and Arkansas Sunday.

Jackson Bandits

* Tyrone Garner earned his first shutout of the season with 2-0 win at Baton Rouge on Saturday. * Eric Fortier, Bryan Forslund and Scott Kelman each had a two-goal game last weekend. * Jackson killed off 17-of-18 power play chances last weekend, moving up to 15th in the ECHL. * Bandits host Pensacola on Friday and Greenville on Saturday.

Louisiana IceGators

* Shawn McNeil leads the ECHL with 10 goals and five multiple-point games. * Kevin Mitchell is tied for the ECHL lead among defensemen with 11 assists.. * Louisiana leads the ECHL with 11 road power-play goals. * Louisiana hosts Arkansas on Thursday, plays at Arkansas on Saturday, hosts Greenville on Sunday.

Mississippi Sea Wolves

* Defenseman Jim Baxter has a goal in four consecutive games and a point in five straight games (4g-3a). * Steffon Walby leads the ECHL with 22 points (7g-15a). * Mississippi has scored three shorthand goals on the road and leads the ECHL with four shorthand goals. * Sea Wolves host Greenville on Friday.

Pensacola Ice Pilots

* Pensacola leads the ECHL on the penalty kill with 95.0 percent (57-for-60). * Louis Dumont leads Pensacola with 11 points (3g-8a). * Pensacola is 3-0-1 when leading after the second period and 2-0-2 in one-goal games. * Ice Pilots host Greenville on Wednesday.

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