Generals Playoff Game Night Notes

April 4, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Greensboro Generals News Release


The Greensboro Generals and Roanoke Express play game two in their best-of-five northeast division semi-final series tonight. The Generals pasted the Express 7-2 last night at the Greensboro Coliseum to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Greensboro had a balanced attack last night, getting their seven goals from seven different players. Mike Bayrack and Jay Murphy led the way with a goal and two assists each, while Matt Turek, Sam Ftorek, and Bryan Richardson each posted a goal and one assist. Rod Aldoff and Kevin Grimes tallied the other Generals goals, while Daniel Berthiaume held the fort in net, stonewalling 38 of 40 shots against his former team. The Express got their goals last night from Chad Mazurak and Joe Dusbabek. The winner of this series will advance to the northeast division finals against either the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies or the Trenton Titans (Atlantic City leads that series 1-0).

RECENT TRANSACTIONS


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- 3/31 Activated defenseman Brad Essex from IR.

NOTES & NUMBERS


- The Generals won their post-season franchise debut last night.
- Eleven different players recorded a point in last night's game.
- The Generals five goals in the second period last night was a season record for goals in a period.
- Kevin Grimes recorded two goals in 74 games during the regular season (only one with Greensboro) before his playoff goal last night.
- The Generals have now won their last eight games and their last ten home games (both team records).
- Ronoke is only 4-14 in the playoffs dating back to 1999.
- The Express were 28-0-2 when leading after two periods in the regular season.
- Joe Dusbabek has five goals in eight games games against the Generals this year.
- Evan Lindsay is only 2-3 against the Generals this year with a 3.97 goals against average.
- Including the playoffs, three of Chad Mazurak's eight goals have been scored against Greensboro.

ABOUT THE GAME

Including yesterday's game, The Generals and Express have met eight times this season. Greensboro is 4-3-1 against Roanoke this season, with wins in each of the last three games, outscoring Roanoke 14-5 in the process. Former Express goaltender Daniel Berthiaume has led the charge against his old team, going 4-1-1 in the season series. Don't forget fans, you can also tune into all home games in the Coliseum on closed circuit radio (96.5 FM), with Arley Johnson handling the play-by-play. You can also call Arley with questions on the air between periods at 275-9738.

NEXT HOME GAME: The northeast division semi-finals moves to Roanoke for game three tomorrow night at 7:35. If necessary, game four will also be in Roanoke on Tuesday night at 7:05. Should a game five also be necessary, it will be played at the Triangle SportsPlex in Hillsborough, NC on Wednesday, April 9 at 8:30 p.m. The reason for the venue is a conflict with a previously scheduled event at the Greensboro Coliseum. All games in this series can be heard live on WPET 950-AM and www.greensborogenerals.com.

THE FRONT LINE: The Generals coaches show The Front Line will air next Monday night on WPET 950-AM from 6:00 – 7:00 from Jack Astor's Bar and Grill on High Point Rd. Join Generals head coach Rick Adduono and broadcaster Arley Johnson for a look back at the week gone by and a preview of next week's playoff games. Generals players appear weekly on the show, tickets will be given away at Jack Astor's, and fans can call in their questions to Coach Adduono at (336) 275-9738.



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