Grrrowl end long holiday weekend with 4-3 win at Columbia

Published on December 1, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL)
Greenville Grrrowl News Release


Columbia, SC – After dropping a 3-2 decision to South Carolina on Saturday, the Greenville Grrrowl ended a holiday weekend stretch of four games in five days with a 4-3 win over the host Columbia Inferno on Sunday afternoon.

MIKKO SIVONEN (2:07) and Tim Smith (14:50) exchanged first period goals and it was 1-1 after 20 minutes. Then, ALEXANDRE BURROWS (3:06) and JUDD MEDAK (14:50) swapped goals against a pair from Shawn Wansborough (:46 & 7:37), and the team's were tied at three after two periods. The game-winner was scored by MARTIN MASA at 12:09 of the third period. The Grrrowl were outshot 29-25 in front of 3,419 at the Carolina Coliseum. Goaltender MICHAEL GARNETT stopped 26 of 29 shots for his 6th win of the season.

The Grrrowl return home next Friday, December 6th to host the Charlotte Checkers (Grrrowl for Grades) at 7:05 PM (Newsradio 1330 & 950, WORD). Grrrowl tickets are on sale at the BI-LO Center Box Office and all TicketMaster outlets. Log onto www.grrrowl.com for more information.



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