Gators Gore Gladiators
November 18, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Louisiana IceGators News Release
Lafayette, LA â The Louisiana IceGators played their best 3rd period of the season, scoring two third period goals, to defeat the first place Gwinnett Gladiators 4-2 Wednesday night in the Cajundome.
The IceGators outshot the Gladiators 13-7 in the final 20 minutes and got the game winning goal via a Gwinnett mistake. Rookie defenseman Dave Mc Culloch turned the puck over directly in front of his net, Alex Materukhin's first shot was denied but the rebound came right back and the easy backhand tap in made the score 3-2 at 10:28 of the period, Materukhin's 2nd of the night and 4th of the season. Late in the period, after a McCulloch tripping call gave the Gators a power play, Wes Mason tipped in a perfect pass from Randy Dagenais from the blue line to seal the 4-2 win. Mason leads the Gators with 10 points (4-6-10). Kyle Kettles got his 3rd win in a row stopping 31-33 shots.
Gwinnett came out hard from the opening face off and kept pressure on Kyle Kettles for the first 10 minutes of the game. The only Gladiators goal coming at 2:43 on a back door tip in by Brett Engelhardt, his 5th of the season. The Gators answered at 13:20 as Mark Rooneem broke down the left wing and centered to a wide open Mike Omicioli, one deke later the puck was in the back of the net and the score tied at one. For the Rhode Island native, it was his 5th lamp lighter of the young season.
The two teams exchanged goals in the 2nd as Cam Brown's 6th goal of the year, a power play wrist shot from the slot at 10:04 put the Gladiators up 2-1. Louisiana would answer late in the period as Pascal Pelletier stole the puck at the left point and passed to a wide open Alex Materukhin. The 23 year old native of Kiev put on a move, got T.J Aceti down on the ice and then fired the puck top shelf for his 3rd of the year and a 2-2 tie at 15:11 mark.
With the win the Gators move into 3rd place in the South Division with a record of 5-1-1 (11points). The Gators are unbeaten in their last 6 games and have not lost a game since opening night. Louisiana out shot Gwinnett 36-33 for the game. On the power play, the gators were 1-2, the Gladiators 1-3.
The Gators return home on Saturday, November 20 as they face the. Augusta Lynx on "Alphonse Bobblehead Night"
This is the first meeting and only visit of the regular season by Augusta to the Frozen Swamp. Former IceGators Jamie Johnson and Rod Sarich return as members of the Lynx. B&M Machine and Fabrication will be sponsoring "Alphonse" bobble head dolls to the first 1,000 fans. It is also $2.00 beer night for all fans 21 and older. In the first parish recognition of the season, it will be "Iberia Parish Night". All resident of Iberia Parish can get a discount for the game by showing a legal ID at the Cajundome Box Office. KTDY Radio presents "70's night" as we salute the decade of Disco. Special prizes going out to the "hippest" person.Tickets for Saturday night and all IceGators home games are available now. For more information call the IceGators office at (337) 234-4423.
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