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Published on November 18, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Arkansas RiverBlades

* Buddy Smith has five goals in his last five games.

* Jason Birmingham has seven points (3g-4a) in his last five games.

* RiverBlades had six different players score a goal in their 7-6 loss at Peoria on Friday.

* Arkansas hosts Pensacola on Friday and Saturday and travels to Jackson on Sunday.

Baton Rouge Kingfish

* Clark Jones leads Baton Rouge in scoring with 12 points (6g-6a).

* Forrest Gore has four points (2g-2a) in his last five games.

* Baton Rouge is on a nine-game winless streak, the longest in the ECHL this season.

* Kingfish host Jackson on Tuesday before traveling to Louisiana on Friday and Mississippi on Sunday.

Jackson Bandits

* Mike Vigilante has four goals in his last two games for Jackson.

* John McNabb leads Jackson with eight goals and is tied for the team lead in scoring with 13 points (8g-5a).

* Scott Kelman has eight points (4g-4a) in his last 10 games.

* Bandits host Baton Rouge on Tuesday, Mississippi on Saturday and Arkansas on Sunday.

Louisiana IceGators

* Louisiana has not scored a power-play goal in its last two games.

* IceGators are 8-0-0 when scoring three or more goals and 0-5-2 when scoring less than three goals.

* Kyle Kettles went 1-0-0 with a 0.75 goals against average and .971 save percentage in two games last week.

* Louisiana hosts Baton Rouge on Friday and Columbus on Saturday and Sunday.

Mississippi Sea Wolves

* Dave Paradise had three power-play goals for Mississippi last week and leads the team with 10 goals.

* Sean Matile earned his first shutout for Mississippi making 35 saves in a 2-0 win against Jackson on Friday.

* Defensemen Jim Baxter has a nine-game point streak (4g-8a).

* Sea Wolves host Louisiana on Tuesday and Columbus on Friday, travel to Jackson on Saturday and return home to host Baton Rouge on Sunday.

Pensacola Ice Pilots

* Pensacola's 7-4-3 record and 17 points is the most in team history after 14 games.

* Greg Pankewicz had six points (3g-3a) in three games last week, including a game-winning goal and a shorthand goal.

* Maxime Gingras is third in the ECHL with a .935 save percentage.

* Ice Pilots host Arkansas on Friday and Saturday.




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