Gladiators defeat Sea Wolves 6-4
November 9, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release
BILOXI, MS - The Gwinnet Gladiators defeated the Mississippi Sea Wolves by a score of 6-4 at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Friday evening.
Derek Nesbitt got Gwinnnett on the board in the final binute of the first period when he blasted the rebound of a shot from Jim Jackson past Sea Wolves goaltender Morgan Cey at 19:26. Jackson would give Gwinnett a 2-0 lead early in the second period when he scored at 6:24 of the second.
Lance Monych drew the Sea Wolves within one when he beat Gwinnett goaltender Dan Turple on the power play, batting a loose puck past him with Mississippi on the power play at 15:36 of the second.
Dirk Southern regained a two-goal lead for Gwinnett when he one-timed a pass from Jamie Milam past Cey for a power-play goal at 3:37 of the third period.
Radek Smolenak scored his first of the season when he took a feed from behind the goal from Gio Flamminio and fired a wrist shot past Turple at 4:43 of the third period. Marek Kvapil drew the Sea Wolves even when he pushed the puck along with Turple into the net at 8:04 of the third period.
Less than two minutes later, Gwinnett regained the lead when Lou Dickenson broke in on a two-on-one with Mike Hamilton and launched the puck past Cey at 9:53 of the third. Chad Painchaud notched the game-winner when he picked up a feed from Bryson Busniuk and beat Cey at 11:31.
Travis Lisabeth drew Mississippi within one when he poked a loose puck past Turple at 18:28 of the third period, but Colton Fretter iced the game with an empty-net goal at 19:15.
The Sea Wolves return home on Tuesday, November 13 against the Elmira Jackals, a game that has been declared to be "Mudslingin' Tuesday!" Bring in your election yard signs for a $2 discount on a game ticket at the box office. If your election sign has mud on it, you get a $4 discount off a ticket for that evening's game! For more information on season and group tickets and corporate sponsorship packages, call the Sea Wolves office at 228.275.WOLF!
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