ECHL playoff update

Published on April 13, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL)
Augusta Lynx News Release


To keep you up to date on the Kelly Cup Playoffs, the Lynx will be posting schedules, results, and more on their web site during the post season. Also, email updates will follow playoff action as well. Game On!

Wednesday's Action

Bakersfield 2 @ Alaska 5

Charles Linglet and Scott Gomez each posted a goal and an assist as the Alaska Aces took a 1-0 lead in their best of five playoff series with the Bakersfield Condors Wednesday night.

Linglet started the scoring at 5:17 of the first period with a power play goal from Gomez and Ryan Gaucher to make it 1-0 Alaksa. The Aces then increased their lead to open the second period on a Vladimir Novak goal before Bakersfield responded with a Brett Lutes marker for a 2-1 deficit.

The Aces would then pour on the goals, scoring three more times before the close of the middle frame on goals by Mike Scott, Gomez, and Joe Talbot. Lutes scored his second of the game just 55 seconds into the third period to make it a 5-2 contest, but Bakersfield was unable to find the twine again and the score held until the final buzzer.

Peter Aubry earned the win in net for the Aces, stopping 23 shots for the win. Davis Parley lasted two periods and took the loss for Bakersfield with 22 saves on 27 shots, while rookie Andrew Martin mopped up the final 20 minutes in relief, making 11 saves.

Tonight's Action

North Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 3 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (42-22-8) vs. No. 2 Trenton Titans (42-21-9) 7:00 p.m. ET

· Last four meetings between the two clubs were one-goal games with three going past regulation.

· Derek Edwardson (5g-6a) and Jason Notermann (5g-4a) led the Bullies offensively against Trenton.

· Trenton enters the playoffs winning its last four games and going 10-1-0 in its last 11.

· Shawn Mather has eight multi-point games, scoring 19 points (11g-8a) since joining Bullies on March 17.

· Rick Kowalsky leads the Titans with seven game-winning goals, including scoring the last two.

· Trenton has a goals against of 2.42 at home and Bullies have goals against of 2.44 on the road.

American Conference Quarterfinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 5 Mississippi Sea Wolves (39-24-9) vs. No. 4 Gwinnett Gladiators (40-24-8) 7:05 p.m. ET

· Phil Sauve is 2-0-0 with a 0.96 goals-against average in his last two starts against Gwinnett.

· Gwinnett has lost its last two home games against Mississippi and has not scored a goal.

· Travis Lisabeth (4g-4a) and Louis Dumont (1g-7a) led Mississippi offensively against Gwinnett.

· Gladiators' Kevin Doell has nine points (4g-5a), including two game winners, in his last five games.

· Mississippi is 1-2-2 and has allowed 3.6 goals per-game in its last five road games.

· Adam Berkhoel is 0-1-1 despite a 1.93 goals-against average and .947 save percentage against Mississippi.

No. 7 Charlotte Checkers (39-26-7) vs. No. 2 Columbia Inferno (38-22-12) 7:30 p.m. ET

· Checkers are 3-2-0 on the road and 5-5-0 overall against Columbia.

· Inferno has won the last two meetings with Charlotte, outscoring them 7-2.

· Charlotte is 1-4-0 in its last five road games allowing 3.4 goals per-game.

· Mike Minard is 3-0-1 with a 1.96 goals-against-average in his last four starts versus Charlotte.

· Alex Westlund is 2-0-0 with a 2.49 goals-against average against the Inferno.

· Columbia is 8-for-37 (21.6 percent) on the power play against Charlotte.

No. 6 South Carolina Stingrays (39-24-9) vs. No. 3 Florida Everblades (42-20-10) 7:30 p.m. ET

· Everblades forward Reggie Berg has five points (3g-2a) in his last four games.

· 2005 All-Stars Mark Ardelan (3g-1a) and Joe Tenute (1g-1a) had six points (4g-1a) against Florida.

· Florida's Tyler MacKay has won his last three starts with a 1.88 goals-against average.

· Stingrays were 2-1-0 and averaged four goals per-game on season-ending three-game road trip.

· Florida has scored all 10 of its goals in the second and third period against South Carolina.

· Teams combined for four power-play goals in five games (Stingrays are 3-for-19 and Florida is 1-for-27).

West Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 3 Idaho Steelheads (42-23-7) vs. No. 2 Long Beach Ice Dogs (43-20-9) 7:30 p.m. PT

· Steelheads are 2-1-1 at Long Beach and every game has been decided by one goal.

· Frank Doyle is 4-2-0 with a 1.49 goals-against average and a shutout against Long Beach.

· Long Beach went 4-0-1 and averaged over four goals per-game to end the regular season.

· Idaho's Warren Peters has scored in five of his last six games (5g-4a).

· Ice Dogs' Marco Rosa (14g-15a) and Nathan Martz (6g-13a) combined for 48 points in 36 home games.

· Dogs' Olivier Michaud and Sebastien Centomo combined for 1.49 goals-against average the last five games.

No. 4 Bakersfield Condors (40-23-10) at No. 1 Alaska Aces (46-19-8) 7:15 p.m. AT

(Alaska Leads Series 1-0)

· Charles Linglet (1g-1a), Scott Gomez (1g-1a), and Olivier Filion (0g-2a) led Alaska to 5-2 win in Game 1.

· Condors Brett Lutes scored both Bakersfield goals in Game 1.

· Aces' Peter Aubry made 23 saves in Game 1, giving him a .920 save percentage in the playoffs.

· Bakersfield's Andrew Martin stopped all 11 shots he faced in relief of Davis Parley.

· Alaska was 2-for-8 on the power play and Bakersfield was 1-for-7.

· Condors were an aggregate -10 in Game 1 and Aces were +9.

Upcoming Kelly Cup Playoffs Games

North Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 4 Toledo (41-26-5) vs. No. 1 Reading (43-22-7) Thursday, April 14 7:05 p.m. ET

American Conference Quarterfinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 8 Greenville (39-28-5) vs. No. 1 Pensacola (51-16-5) Thursday, April 14 7:05 p.m. CT

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