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Cottonmouths Week in Review

March 21, 2011 - SPHL (SPHL)
Columbus Cottonmouths News Release


COLUMBUS, Ga. - The Columbus Cottonmouths won two of three games last week, winning games Thursday night at Huntsville and Saturday at home against Mississippi sandwiched between a loss to Louisiana at home on Friday. This week features the final two games of the regular season as the Snakes travel to Augusta on Friday night then close out the regular season at home against Louisiana. Both games this week will be broadcast on America One Networks with both a video and audio feed, with a nominal fee for each game. A free audio-only webcast of the games is also available. Details can be found at www.cottonmouths.com. In addition, road games are now broadcast locally in the Columbus area on 106.9 WRCG-FM.

UPCOMING GAMES AND PROMOTIONS

Friday, March 25 - Columbus at Augusta, 7:30 PM EDT (Season Series vs. AUG: 2-6(2))

The Snakes will head to the opposite end of the state of Georgia for their final road game of the regular season on Friday night against the Augusta RiverHawks. The red-hot 'Hawks are winners of 17 of their past 20 games, going on two win streaks of eight games and their current nine-game streak sandwiched around three consecutive losses. The Cottonmouths are in search of their first SPHL win at the James Brown Arena as they have dropped all four games played there against the first-year RiverHawks. Augusta is still in the hunt for the regular-season championship but they would need Mississippi to drop at one of their two remaining games to have a chance to do so.

Saturday, March 26 - Louisiana at Columbus, 7:30 PM EDT (Season Series vs. LOU: 5-3(0))

The Louisiana IceGators close out their season and the Snakes' regular season in Columbus on Saturday night. The IceGators had a successful week last week with goaltender Mike Brown turning away a whopping 54 shots on goal in a 4-0 shutout win in Columbus Friday night and taking Pensacola to a shootout on Saturday night before losing a 5-4 decision. The Snakes have lost the last three games in a row against Louisiana, whose playoff fate has been sealed for the past few weeks but have been a much-improved team of late, playing .500 hockey at 8-8 in their last 16 games.

PROMOTIONS: Operation Sellout! Let's send the Snakes into the playoffs in front of a large, energetic crowd. Fans who book a group outing of 15 people or more will be in the running to win ONE free set of 2011-12 season tickets. The one fan who books the largest group will be the winner. Groups must be 15+ and tickets will be $10 each. Each group over 15 will receive 1 replica jersey to raffle off among members in the group. Groups must be booked and paid for by Friday, March 25 at 5 pm. Call the Snakes office with questions. Saturday is also Fan Appreciation Night.

COTTONMOUTHS WEEK IN REVIEW

Thursday, March 17 - Columbus 6 at Huntsville 4 (Attendance: 2,363)

Columbus won their second straight game in Huntsville Thursday night in a wild 6-4 final at the Von Braun Center. The Snakes jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the Havoc scored three unanswered goals, only to see the Cottonmouths reclaim a three-goal lead with a pair of goals in the final seconds of the second period and late in the third period. The Havoc scored a goal in the game's final two minutes, but it was too little, too late. Jordan Braid lit the lamp twice with Will Barlow, Jesse Cole, Peter MacDougall, and Bret Tyler scoring once each. Andrew Loewen took the win between the pipes for Columbus with 30 saves on 34 shots on goal. Huntsville's Dan McWhinney started the game and only stopped two of the five shots on goal he saw before being spelled by Mark Sibbald, who would go on to make 20 saves on 23 shots. Columbus's power play was torrid with three goals in 10 chances while Huntsville was 1 for 6 with the man advantage.

Friday, March 18 - Louisiana 4 at Columbus 0 (Attendance: 2,993)

Louisiana goaltender Mike Brown turned in one of the best goaltending displays ever for a Columbus opponent on Friday night, turning aside all 54 shots on goal he faced in a 4-0 shutout over the Cottonmouths at the Snake Pit. His counterpart in net for the Snakes, Ian Vigier, stopped 13 of 17 shots on goal. Both teams were scoreless on the power play with Columbus having seven chances with the man advantage and Louisiana three.

Saturday, March 19 - Mississippi 2 at Columbus 3 (SO) (Attendance: 2,585)

Matt Kinnunen and Jordan Braid scored in regulation and Tom Maldonado was credited with a goal in the shootout game-winner to give Columbus their second win of the season against the league-leading Mississippi Surge in a 3-2 win on Saturday night. Ian Vigier atoned for his performance the night before with 39 saves on 41 shots on goal, while Dan Earled was the losing goaltender in net for Mississippi with 34 saves on 36 shots. The Snakes were 1 for 5 on the power play while holding the Surge scoreless in their seven chances with the man advantage.

THREE STARS OF THE WEEK

1. F Jordan Braid - Braid scored twice on Thursday night and once on Saturday, both in winning efforts.

2. D Tom Maldonado - Maldonado logged three assists on Thursday night and scored the shootout game-winner on Saturday night.

3. D Kyle Lundale - Lundale also had a three-assist night on Thursday and assisted on a goal Saturday as well.



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