ECHL Florida Everblades

Everblades win 8th straight home game with 5-2 win over Gwinnett

Published on December 3, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release


ESTERO, FL - The Florida Everblades (11-6-0) upended the Gwinnett Gladiators 5-2 on Saturday night from Germain Arena to win their eighth straight home game. With the win the Everblades find themselves in a first place tie in the South Division.

After a scoreless first period, The Everblades found the back of the net 6:31 into the second period when Paul Cabana notched his 8th goal of the season after wristing a shot past Gwinnett goaltender Sean Fields. The lead was short-lived however as the Gladiators tallied just 30 seconds later when Guillaume Desbiens beat Everblades net-minder Phil Osaer at 7:01. Florida took the lead for good when Bogdan Rudenko scored the first of his two goals with 4:36 remaining in the period.

Leading by one entering the third period, the 'Blades exploded for three goals in the first 12 minutes of the third period to take a 5-1 advantage. Rudenko's second goal of the night came 4:37 into the final period giving the 'Blades a two-goal lead and Chris Lee opened a three-goal advantage for Florida when he notched his third goal of the season at 10:09. Jonathan Lehun finished the scoring for the Everblades when a pass bounced off his body and trickled across the goal line for a power play goal at 11:54. Gwinnett closed out the scoring for the night with a goal from Jim Sharrow just 22 seconds after Lehun's goal.

Osaer increased his record to 6-2-0 after turning away 31 of 33 Gwinnett shots, while Fields suffered his second straight loss to fall to 8-4-1 after allowing five goals on 46 Florida shots.

On the power play, the Everblades finished the night 1-for-3, while the Gladiators failed to convert on any of their four power play chances.

The win for the Everblades evened the season series with Gwinnett at two wins apiece.

The Everblades return to action on Friday, December 9 when they host the Pensacola Ice Pilots at 7:30 p.m. from Germain Arena. Everblades half season, group tickets, and individual game tickets are on sale now! Fans can purchase tickets at the Germain Arena box office, which is open from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone by calling TicketMaster at (239) 334-3309, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. For additional information, contact the Everblades office at (239) 948-7825.

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