Florence Pride Weekly

Published on February 1, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL)
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LAST WEEK: Florence went 2-0-0 last week, winning in overtime at Charlotte, and defeating Greenville at home. The Pride are 16-20-6 for 38 points and are in seventh place in the Southern Division.

Friday, January 30 @ Charlotte PRIDE 5 Checkers 4 (OT)

The Pride ended their four-game winless streak with an overtime victory at Cricket Arena. Trailing 3-2 entering the third period, the Pride would rally to take the lead. Eric Naud tied the game at 3 with a one-timer from the left-wing circle 11:53 into the final period. Just 2:17 later, Matt Reid ripped a slap shot past Scott Meyer on a power play to give Florence its first lead of the night. Late in the game, Charlotte got a power play, and pulled Meyer for an extra attacker. That move paid off, as Allan Egeland slipped a rebound shot past Matt Underhill with 11 seconds left to send the game to overtime. In the extra session, Kyle Kidney notched his second of the goal night with 27 seconds left to give the Pride the win.

Saturday, January 31 v. Greenville PRIDE 4 Grrrowl 2

Matt Reid broke a scoreless tie, ripping a shot from the point past goaltender Daniel Boisclair 15:02 into the first period. The Grrrowl tied the game with just 12 seconds remaining in the period on a Bryan LaChapelle tally. Florence scored twice in the middle period to take a two-goal lead, as Reid added his second of the night at the 7:15 mark, and Shaun Sutter tallied his 11th of the season 2:25 later. In the third, Greenville pulled within one on a Mike Henderson power-play goal at 9:40, but Wes Goldie sealed it for the Pride, scoring his 23rd of the season with 2:47 left.

THIS WEEKS' GAMES

Tuesday, February 3 @ Mississippi 7:30 p.m. ET Coverage on WDAR Sunny 105.5 at 7:10

Florence meets Mississippi for the second and final time this season. The Sea Wolves beat the Pride 5-4 on November 14 in Florence. The Pride are 9-4-1 all-time against the Sea Wolves. Mississippi is on a seven-game winning streak, and is 8-1-1 in its last 10 games. The Sea Wolves are 26-11-6 for 58 points, and are in second place in the Central Division.

Friday, February 6 Both games

Saturday, February 7 @ Texas 8:00 p.m. ET Coverage on WDAR Sunny 105.5 at 7:40

The Pride travel to Beaumont, Texas for their first-ever meetings with the Texas Wildcatters. Texas allows the most shots against per game in the ECHL, giving up a whopping 41.21 shots per contest. The Wildcatters enter this week on a four-game losing streak, and are in seventh place in the Central Division with a record 12-27-4 for 28 points.

Sunday, February 8 @ Louisiana 5:00 p.m. ET Coverage on WDAR Sunny 105.5 at 4:40

Florence's road trip continues at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the Pride and IceGators meet for the first of two times this season. Louisiana travels to Florence on March 14. This will be the first time these two teams meet since the 2001 Kelly Cup Playoffs, when the IceGators eliminated the Pride 3 games to 2 in the Southern Conference Semifinals. It is the first regular-season meeting since the 1999-2000 season. Louisiana has won seven straight games to move into first place in the Central Division with an overall record of 29-10-2 for 60 points.

PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY

Friday, February 6

Defenseman Ryan Knox and Paws will be at Swamp Fox Cinemas for the premiere of the Disney movie Miracle. Everyone who purchases a ticket for the movie will receive a voucher for $3 off of a ticket for the Pride home games on February 13, 21 and 27.

Monday, March 1

The Pride and Colortyme Rent-to-Own will hold a golf tournament to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The tournament will be held at The Traces Golf Club, with a shotgun start of 11:30 a.m. The cost to enter is $55 per individual for $200 for a foursome, which also includes lunch. For more information, or to register, call Bob or Nan Kogler at (843) 662-8855 or (843) 250-1316

PRIDE NOTES

- Florence will travel 2,033 miles on its five-game, nine-day road trip through the Central Division.

- Each of the Pride's next five games, and six of their next seven, are against Central Division opponents. The Pride are 3-6-0 against Central Division opponents this season. All three of the wins have come against Augusta, as the Pride are 3-0-0 against the Lynx, but 0-6-0 against the rest of the division.

- After drawing 3,417 fans to Saturday's game against Greenville, Florence is averaging 2,922 fans over the last five home games.

- Wes Goldie added to his team-leading goal total on Saturday night, notching his 23rd of the season, all of which have come in the last 27 games. Over that span, his longest goal drought has been three games, from December 19-26.

- Adam Elzinga scored his first professional goal in Friday's win over Charlotte.

- Kyle Kidney scored two goals in the win over the Checkers on Friday. It was Kidney's second two-goal game of the season. He also had a two-goal effort in Florence's 6-3 win at Greensboro on January 14.

PRIDE LEADERS
Goals Goldie 23
Assists Sirois 28
Points Sirois 34
+/- Naud +4
Penalty Minutes Brunel 94
Shots Szwez 123
Power Play Goals Goldie 8
Shorthanded Goals Goldie 3
Game-Winning Goals Goldie 4

PRIDE ON THE AIR

All Pride away games can be heard on WDAR Sunny 105.5 FM and on-line at www.florencepride.com with the Voice of the Pride, Joe Babik. Each broadcast begins 20 minutes prior to faceoff with the Palmetto Chiropractic Pre-Game Show.

PRIDE TICKETS

Tickets for all Pride home games can be purchased at the Florence Civic Center Box Office (10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday; through the second period on game nights), all TicketMaster outlets, by phone at (843) 679-9333 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. The Pride also have group tickets available for all remaining home games. For more information, contact Director of Ticket Operations Neil Broome at (843) 669-7825.

YARD SIGNS

The Pride would like to thank all of their fans who have been placing their yard signs on game days. If you do not have a yard sign, they are available at the Pride office from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Pride's next home games is Friday, February 13 against the Roanoke Express.

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