Florida Everblades Weekly
Published on October 17, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release
ESTERO, FL - The Florida Everblades opened the 2011-12 season this past weekend splitting a pair of games with the Gwinnett Gladiators at Germain Arena. The Everblades enter this week's action with a record of 1-0-0-1 (3 pts., 1st South Division.)
THIS WEEK (All Times Eastern)
Friday, October 21 at Elmira Jackals 7:35 p.m. .
Saturday, October 22 at Trenton Titans 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 23 at Reading Royals 4:05 p.m.
LAST WEEK'S RECAP
Friday, October 14 vs. Gwinnett Gladiators
3-2 Win
Everblades forwards Leigh Salters and Alex Hutchings each scored a goal in a 54 second span in the second period to help lift their club to a 3-2 opening night victory over the Gwinnett Gladiators. Florida outshot Gwinnett 12-3 in the middle frame. Gwinnett scored a power play goal at the 17:03 mark of the third period to pull within one, but the Blades were able to hang on and secure the win. The win was the first of the professional career of goaltender Pat Nagle who stopped 21 of 23 shots on net.
Florida Special Teams: PP: 1-of-2; PK: 1-of-2.
Saturday, October 15 vs. Gwinnett Gladiators
2-1 Shootout Loss
The Everblades suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday night, falling in the overtime shootout 2-1.Florida forward Luc Tardif scored his first goal in his first ECHL game, while Justin Milo scored the lone marker for the Gladiators in regulation. Florida goaltender John Muse and Gladiators netminder Jeff Jakaitis were solid in net, and did not allow goal for the final two periods sending the game to the overtime shootout. Neither team could light the lamp in the shootout in the first six rounds. Ironically, it was Tardif and Milo who score again in the seventh round. The teams traded opportunities for four more rounds, until Gwinnett's Tyler Murovich ended the game with a goal in the 11th round of the shootout. The Gwinnett win snapped a 7-game losing streak to Florida, dating back to last season.
Florida Special Teams: PP: 0-of-5; PK: 7-of-7.
Roster Moves: The Everblades acquired defenseman Dominic D'Amour from the Elmira Jackals last week. This will mark the second stint for D'Amour with the Everblades. The 6-3, 214-pound blue liner played 15 games for the 'Blades during the 2008-09 season.
Season Openers: With Friday night's win the Everblades improved to 10-3-1 all-time in season opening games. The Everblades have won their last five season opening contests. In season openers at home the Everblades improved to 7-2-0.
Ticket Information: Everblades 2011-12 season ticket packages, group tickets and individual game tickets are on sale now! Fans can purchase tickets at the Capital Bank Box Office at Germain Arena, 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 (800) 745- 3000, or online at
www.ticketmaster.co . For additional information, contact the Everblades office at (239) 948-7825.
On the Air: Everblades games, home and away, can be heard on ESPN 770 AM, or on the Internet by logging on to www.floridaeverblades.com or http://770espn.com/
In addition, Everblades games can be viewed via the internet thanks to America One by logging on to http://www.americaone.com
Join the voice of the Everblades Alex Reed as he calls all the action! The Everblades pre-game show begins 15 minutes prior to game time.
Friday's game vs. Elmira (7:30 p.m) will be broadcast on ESPN 770AM, on the Internet, and on American One online. Saturday's game at Trenton (7:00 p.m) and Sunday's game at Reading (4:05 p.m.) will be available on the Internet only and on America One online. Links for online broadcasts are available in the previous paragraph.
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