Ice Pilots beat South Carolina 7-4
Published on January 3, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release
PENSACOLA, FL - It's two wins in a row at The Hangar for the Pensacola Ice Pilots, following a 7-4 victory over the South Carolina Stingrays on Tuesday night.
The win snapped a short two-game losing slide for the Ice Pilots and was their third victory in their last four tries at home.
Mike Wirll and Travis Lisabeth led the Ice Pilots offensive attack with four points apiece. Wirll had three goals and an assist, while Lisabeth notched a goal and three helpers.
The Ice Pilots had an offensive explosion in the opening 20 minutes with three goals in the first seven minutes of the period. Wirll picked up his first, John Hecimovic with his first as a Pilot, and Travis Lisabeth. South Carolina added a short-handed goal late in the first period to cut the deficit to 3-1.
In the second period, the Ice Pilots saw two two-goal leads (4-2 and 5-3) evaporate. Rob Rankin notched a goal on a blast from just over the blue line and then Serge Ogorodnikov scored to make it 5-3.
The Stingrays came on in the third period and made it 5-4 on a power play goal, but the Ice Pilots sealed the victory late when Wirll added his second and third of the game. The final goal went into an empty net.
Nate Metcalf chipped in two assists, while Dwayne Hay, David Wrigley, Nikita Korovkin, and Dallas Steward added singles. The line of Wirll, Lisabeth and Ogorodnikov were a combined plus 13 in the contest and had 20 shots.
The Ice Pilots improved their record to 9-20-1-1 for 20 points and trail the seventh place Columbia Inferno by just four points. Pensacola also saw its home record move to 5-9-1-1. The Singrays are now 16-14-0-2 for 36 points, while 8-6-0-2 on the road.
NOTES: With a scheduling change, the Pensacola Ice Pilots and the South Carolina Stingrays will meet for the third straight time on Thursday at 6 pm central, 7 pm eastern in Charleston South Carolina. The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 9 and changed due to a concert.
Fans can tune into the game on Classic Country AM1620 beginning with Ice Pilots Countdown to Face-off at 5:45 pm. The play-by-play follows at 6pm with Denis J. Puska bringing you all of the heart-stopping action. The game can also be heard live at www.icepilots.com by clicking on the sportsjuice logo and viewed for a nominal fee on the B2 Networks.
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