Greenville Grrrowl Weekly

October 21, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Greenville Grrrowl News Release


LAST WEEK – It's the old cliché, "A two goal lead in hockey is the hardest lead to hold". The Greenville Grrrowl are 1-1-2 after a pair of games last weekend. On Friday the Grrrowl enjoyed a 5-3 lead with 11:53 left in the third period, but the Columbia Inferno rallied for a 6-5 shootout win at the Carolina Coliseum. The following night Greenville had a 3-1 lead late in the second period when the Inferno battled back to win a 4-3 shootout at the BI-LO Center Saturday night.

FRI. OCT. 18 @ CBA, 5-6 SOL: The Grrrowl scored three times in the first period, and opened a 5-3 lead in the second period. MATT DEMARSKI scored Greenville's first shorthanded goal of the season and helped give the Grrrowl that two goal cushion. Justin Morrison scored twice in regulation and tallied the game-clinching shootout goal for Columbia. MIKKO SIVONEN recorded 1-2-3 PTS. in a losing effort for Greenville. Att.: 4,141

SAT. OCT. 19 vs CBA, 3-4 L: The Grrrowl opened leads of 2-0 and 3-1, but Rejean Stringer scored with 9 seconds left in the second period, and Columbia added two more in the third to post a 4-3 win. JONATHAN ROY scored once and added an assist, and now has points in all 4 games this season (2-5-7 PTS.). Att.: 5,280

PLAYER OF THE WEEK – RW MIKKO SIVONEN

The Tampere, Finland native recorded 1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points, 6 shots on goal and was (+4) in two games for the Grrrowl last week. He opened the scoring at 2:18 of the first period Friday night at Columbia (5-6 SOL), and added 2 assists in that game. Sivonen is a 3rd year pro out of Niagara University in Western New York.

COACH JOHN MARKS SAID:

On the games... "We can skate, we can handle the puck and we've proved we can put the puck in the net. Now we've just have to do a better job of staying out of the penalty box."

What's the coaches biggest concern?... "A big disappointment right now is Martin Masa. He has no points in 4 games and is (-2). He's even been stopped twice in the shootout, and normally he's 100% in the shootout."

THIS WEEK – Three games against two Southeast Division rivals The Grrrowl play three important divisional games this week, starting Tuesday in Charleston against the South Carolina Stingrays (7:05 PM). Then, Greenville and Columbus will open a home and home series at the BI-LO Center on Friday (7:05 PM). The Grrrowl and Cottonmouths square off in Columbus, Georgia Saturday night (7:05 PM). All three games this week will be broadcast on Newsradio 1330 & 950, WORD beginning with pre-game coverage at 6:45 each night. You can also listen live at www.grrrowl.com with audio streaming provided by Vantage Point Media.

TUE, OCT. 22nd , 7:05 PM:

The Grrrowl travel to Charleston to meet the South Carolina Stingrays. This is the second of 9 regular season meetings between these Southeast Division rivals. In the first meeting on October 12th, the Stingrays fought back from a 6-3 defecit with 3 third period goals in the span of 12:06 to post a 7-6 shootout win.

MIKE HURLEY scored twice and added two assists in that game, which was also Greenville's home-opener. South Carolina has won three straight shootout games to start the season (3-0-0, 6 PTS.), and Kirk Daubenspeck was the winning goaltender in each of those games. The Stingrays lead the league in attendance (8,389).

FRI, OCT. 25th, 7:05 PM: The Grrrowl open a home and home series with the division-rival Columbus Cottonmouths at the Columbus Civic Center. Last season the Grrrowl were 3-2-1 against the Cottonmouths. Columbus is 2-1-1 (5 pts.) after 4 games. They host the Pee Dee Pride on Tuesday, before the home and home series with Greenville starts on Friday. Cottnmouths goaltender Mike Morrison starts the week leading the ECHL with .961 save percentage, and is second in the league with a 1.38 goals against average.

SAT, OCT. 26th, 7:05 PM: The Grrrowl and Cottonmouths square off in the re-match in Greenville, SC. The Grrrowl are looking for their first win at home. Columbus is 1-1-1 on the road this season. The Columbus Cottonmouths are affiliated with the NHL Montreal Canadiens and the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs.

THE ICEHOUSE GRRROWL HOUR LIVE FROM WILD WING CAFÉ: The show airs live every Monday night from 7:00 – 8:00 PM on the flagship station for Greenville Grrrowl Hockey, NewsRadio 1330 & 950 WORD. The Voice of the Grrrowl David Miller and Head Coach John Marks will review last week, preview upcoming games, and talk with special guests every Monday night. Tonight's (October 21st) guest will be #28 MARTIN MASA. Wild Wing Café is located at 15 West Washington Street in Downtown Greenville, SC.



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