Eight Goals On 46 Shots Shoot Down Ice Pilots

Published on January 29, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release


BILOXI, MS - The Mississippi Sea Wolves scored seven consecutive goals then survived a five-goal third period offensive onslaught from the Pensacola Ice Pilots to win 8-5 at the Pensacola Civic Center on Tuesday.

Mississippi got out to a 1-0 lead when Mark Hurtubise won a faceoff in the neutral zone to Lance Monych, who broke in over the blueline and fired the puck past Ice Pilots goalie Cam Ellsworth for his 19th goal of the season at the 7:20 mark of the first period. Pat Oliveto broke in two-on-one with Mark Hurtubise and fired the forward's feed past Ellsworth at 9:48.

The Sea Wolves offense continued to fire at the Pensacola net through the second period. Jason Tejchma scored his 16th goal of the season with the Sea Wolves shorthanded from the top of the right circle, firing a wrist shot past Ellsworth at 1:22 of the second. At 8:59 of the second, Ryan Menei banged the rebound of Chris Cava's shot past Ellsworth, who was down and out on the play. Marek Kvapil scored his first of two on the evening, cashing in the rebound of Michael Couch's point shot on the power play at 11:20. Tejchma notched his second of the period, poking the rebound of a shot from Pat Oliveto at 14:16. Kvapil added his second of the game to make it 7-0 for Mississippi when he found a loose puck in a goalmouth schmozzle and fired into the open net at 16:02.

Pensacola began to claw back in the third period when Michael Cohen cut the lead to six when he pounded the rebound of Mathieu Roy's shot past Sea Wolves goalie Morgan Cey on the power play at 7:17. Dan Sullivan one-timed a centering pass from Roy past Cey to snip the Sea Wolves lead to five at 9:20 of the third. Bryan Esner would add another goal for Pensacola at 12:08 before Cohen notched his second of the game, finding the rebound of a shot from Phil Youngclaus and blasting it home at 13:57. Eric Fabian would add Pensacola's fifth goal at 15:24 before Lance Monych fired into the empty net for Mississippi at 19:02 for his 20th goal of the season.

Mississippi finished the game 1-for-6 on the power play, and Morgan Cey made 38 saves to earn the win.

Mississippi's next home game is January 31 against the Columbia Inferno! Get your seats today by calling 228.275.WOLF! Friday's game will be heard on 1640-AM WTNI. The pre-game show will begin at 4:35 p.m! Games can also be heard on the B2 Networks and at www.msseawolves.com.

NOTE: Fans attending the games on Thursday and Saturday should allow extra time to arrive at the arena and park due to construction on U.S. 90 in Biloxi.

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