Ice Dogs Weekly

Published on November 10, 2003 under ECHL (ECHL)
Long Beach Ice Dogs News Release


Last Weeks Highlights: 11/5/03 > Long Beach 6 vs. Florida 4

The Ice Dogs looked impressive in beating the number 2 offense in the league at their own game Wednesday night. It appeared Florida was on their way to securing another win with a 4-2 lead in the 2nd, but 4 unanswered goals by the Ice Dogs proved to be too much. John McNabb, Krzysztof Wieckowski, and Eric Laplante each had two goals apiece for Long Beach, who outshot an opponent for the first time this season, 43-38.

11/7/03 > Long Beach 0 vs. Alaska 4

It was a dismal outing for the Ice Dogs who dropped an important game to division rival Alaska by a score of 4-0. Despite out-shooting the Aces 33-23, the Ice Dogs went 0-6 on the powerplay and looked flat. T.J. Aceti, making his 4th straight start for Long Beach, stopped 19 shots in the loss. The teams will meet 9 more times this season.

11/8/03 > Long Beach 1 vs. Las Vegas 4

Las Vegas took the best record in the ECHL to the Long Beach Arena Saturday night and made it even better by dropping the Ice Dogs 4-1. Long Beach tied the score 1-1 in the second on Nick Ganga's 2nd of the season, but the Wranglers went on to score 3 unanswered goals en route to their 9th victory of the season. Former Ice Dogs Chris Kenady and Jeff Attard combined for 3 points in their return to Long Beach.

This Weeks' Games:

11/14/03 > Fresno @ Long Beach

The Fresno Falcons come into town, currently riding a 3 game winning streak. These two teams split a pair of preseason meetings and are no strangers to one another as this will be the 38th game played between the teams in the last 3 years. The Ice Dogs lead the all-time series with a record of 18-15-4, 12 of those wins coming here at the Long Beach Arena.

11/15/03 > San Diego @ Long Beach

The Ice Dogs close out a 7 game home stand against arch rival San Diego on Saturday night. The Ice Dogs have struggled against the Gulls the past 3 years, going 11-23-4 in that span. The only win last season came in the Long Beach home opener. The first 2,500 fans in attendance will receive a Spike Bobblehead courtesy of The Yardhouse. It will be the first bobblehead of a two doll series.

OVERALL RECORD: 3-6-1

WEEKLY RECORD: 1-2-0

POINTS: 2

STANDINGS: T-6th, Western Division

ICE DOGS NOTES

Craig Lyons is 5th in the league with 45 shots and is tied for the team lead with 10 points The Ice Dogs currently rank 3rd in the league in average number of penalty minutes per game with 37.6

The Ice Dogs penalty killing unit currently ranks 5th in the ECHL

TEAM LEADERS

Goals Laplante 5

Assists Lyons 7

Points Lyons, McNabb 10

+/- Ganga +2

PIM Charpentier, Ganga 45

Shots Lyons 45

TRANSACTIONS

11/03 Released goaltender James Reyes

11/05 Left Wing Jerome Marois assigned by the Montreal Canadiens

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