Everblades Power Past Sea Wolves 6-3
October 29, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release
ESTERO, FL - The Florida Everblades (3-1-0) collected another two points in the South Division with a 6-3 victory over the Mississippi Sea Wolves (1-2-0) on Friday night at Germain Arena. Damian Surma led the way with a hat trick, and Florida peppered the Mississippi net with season-high 42 shots while managing six goals for the second time this season to wrap up their season opening four-game home stand.
The Everblades opened the scoring just 1:26 into the contest when Brad Church slipped a shot between the pads of Sea Wolves netminder Jason Wolfe. The high-intensity game saw Mississippi tie the game midway through the first period on Jeff Hutchins' first goal of the season. A wild start to the second period saw each team score in the first 37 seconds of the frame. The Sea Wolves tallied just 19 seconds into the period on Louis Dumont's second goal of the year, but the 'Blades came right back as Surma collected the first of his three on the night when he fired a shot between the legs of Wolfe. The game remained tied at two until late in the second period when Surma again notched a goal with a power play tally at 17:04. Surma completed his impressive night when he danced his way to the front of the net and slipped a shot into the back of the goal at 3:07 of the final stanza. The 'Blades increased the lead to three goals and chased Wolfe to the bench in favor of Randy Hevey on Brian Sullivan's second goal of the season at 5:58 of the third. The 'Blades held a 5-2 lead until Mississippi drew to within two at 11:53 of the final period when Nicolas Corbeil connected on a breakaway, just sneaking one past 'Blades netminder Craig Kowalski. Reggie Berg closed out the scoring with a power play tally at 13:45 of the third period. The goal was Berg's second of the year.
Kowalski was strong in goal for the Everblades stopping 29 of 31 Mississippi shots to earn his first professional victory. Wolfe took the loss allowing five goals on 26 shots, and Hevey turned away 15 of 16 Florida shots in the final 14 minutes of the contest. Florida finished 2-for-5 on the power play and the Sea Wolves closed out the night 1-for-4 on the man advantage.
Florida travels to Pensacola on Saturday night, October 30 at 8:05 p.m. for the team's first road game of the season. You can hear all of the Everblades action on SportsRadio 770 AM or via internet by visiting www.floridaeverblades.com, www.abc-7.com, and www.nbc-2.com with the "Voice of the Everblades" Kevin Reiter calling the play-by-play.
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