Gators get 3 points against Pensacola, look forward to Reunion Week
November 8, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Louisiana IceGators News Release
For the Week: 1-0-1
Season record 2-1-1, 5 points
Leading scorers Wes Mason 3-2-5, Mike Omicioli 3-2-5
Lafayette, LA â Playing two games in a week for the first time this season, the IceGators completed a weekend home and home series against Pensacola by going 1-0-1, capturing 3 out of 4 possible points. Friday night in Pensacola, Max Fortunus' goal with 24 seconds to play in the 2nd period put the Gators up for good, enroute to a 6-4 win. Mike Omicioli had 3 points (2-1-3) and Kyle Kettles stopped 31 shots for his first win of the year. On Saturday night, the sellout crowd in the Cajundome went into a frenzy when Jake Ortmeyer scored on the power play with under two minutes to play to tie the game at 2. It was Ortmeyer's first goal as an IceGator. In overtime, former Gators D-Man Corey Neilsen sent the fans home dissapointed when his goal :54 seconds into extra time gave Pensacola a 3-2 win.
Reunion Week
In celebration of the 10th anniversary season of the Lousiana IceGators, a three day celebration will take place to commemorate "Reunion Week". The festivities will begin on Wednesday with the IceGators Golf Tournament at Acadian Hills Golf Club, sponsored by Domengeaux, Wright, Roy and Edwards, proceeds to benefit the Louisiana Amateur Hockey Association.
Thursday, November 11, at 7:05 is the "Welcome Home Banquet". All players from the 2004-05 IceGators team plus past greats will meet at The Manor in Cade, Louisiana, for a night of food and stories. Tickets are available for the banquet by calling the IceGators office at (337)234-4423. For directions to this event please log on to www.themanorfacility.com.
Friday night, November 12, is officially "Reunion Night" sponsored by KLFY TV-10. The IceGators take on the Mississippi Sea Wolves, at 7:05pm. In addition to this battle of divisional rivals, in between periods we will pay honor to the past IceGators greats with a special tribute. Scheduled to attend:
A) Bryan Schoen Sponsored By Alsandor Construction
B) Joey Middlesteadt
C) Doug Bonner
D) Rob Weingartner : Sponsored By LAHA
E) Chuck Thuss
F) Ron Handy
G) Jason McQuat
H) Rob Mc Caig
I) Chris Valicevic
J) Ryan Shanahan
K) Eric Cloutier
L) Rod Pasma This Week It is another home and home weekend for the Gators,
this time taking on the Mississippi Sea Wolves at home Friday, then in
Biloxi on Saturday night. The Gators and Sea Wolves met on Opening Night in
Biloxi, with the Sea Wolves winning 3-1. Louis Dumont had 3 points for the
Sea Wolves. Mike Omicioli scored the only IceGators goal of the night. Both
games this weekend can been heard or watched via the internet only at
www.icegators.com. Notes By getting a point with the overtime loss on Saturday
night, the Gators remain undefeated in regulation in home openers.
Louisiana is now 9-0-1 in the first games in the Cajundome.
Power Play The IceGators have scored at least one power play
goal in every game this season and lead the ECHL with a 30% (6-20) success
rate on the power play. Mike Omicioli leads the Gators with 3 power
play goals, Wes Mason has two.
Penalty Kill The IceGators yet to allow a power play goal in
regulation play so far this season. The team has killed 16 of 17
shorthanded opportunities this year for a success rate of 94.1%. GAME CHANGE The game between the Louisiana IceGators and
Gwinnett Gladiators originally scheduled for Sunday, November 14 has been
moves to Wednesday night, November 17, at 7:05pm. The change was made
necessary due to the rescheduling of an Alan Jackson concert. The IceGators will practice Monday thru Wednesday at the Hockeyplex in
Carencro at 10am, Thursday and Friday mornings the team will be back at the
Frozen Swamp for practice at 10am. Community News The 3rd edition of "Gator Talk" will be live
this Tuesday Night from Tampico's Restaurant and Cantina from 7-8pm. Join
Coach Todd Gordon, Jake Ortmeyer, Josh Barker, along with Bruce LeVine live
for the show.
Thursday November 10, Ex-IceGators goaltender Bryan Schoen will be on
Passe Patout seen on TV-10 at 6am.
Thursday, November 10,Two Ex-IceGator players will be making appearances
on several radio stations throughout Acadiana, keep listening during the
hours of 7am-10am for "Reunion Week' news. Individual game tickets for all regular season home games are on sale
now. Tickets are available at the Cajundome Box Office, and all
TicketMaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.com. For more
information call the IceGators office at (337) 234-4423.
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