Ice Pilots Go 2-1 This Past Week

February 2, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release


The Pensacola Ice Pilots went 2-1-0 this past week. The Ice Pilots started the week with a 3-2 shootout win at Florida on Tuesday night. Tyler Beechey and Aaron Phillips scored the goals for the Ice Pilots. Brian Eklund made a season high 53 saves as he was the winning goalie. The Ice Pilots lost at Texas on Friday night 5-2. Wes Mason and Brian Collins scored the goals for the Ice Pilots. The Ice Pilots won on Saturday night vs. Louisiana 5-4. Wes Mason, Peter Fregoe, Aaron Phillips, Dwayne Hay and Tyler Beechey scored the goals for the Ice Pilots. Brian Eklund was the winning goalie.

The Ice Pilots have a record of 22-16-5 for 49 points which is good for fifth place in the Central Division of the Western Conference.

The Ice Pilots play home this Saturday and Sunday vs. Greensboro. The Ice Pilots will play home games this Saturday and Sunday vs. the Greensboro Generals at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday night and 5:05 p.m. on Sunday. The Ice Pilots have never played Greensboro before as this will be the first ever two meetings between the two teams.

Church Night is Saturday night and Kid's Day and Guns and Hoses Night is Sunday. Saturday night vs. Greensboro at 7:05 p.m. is Church Night. There will be discount on tickets for Church groups for the game by calling the Ice Pilots office at 432-PUCK. Sunday is Kid's Day and Guns N Hoses Night. Fans can purchase four tickets, four hotdogs and four drinks for only $44 or buy an adult ticket and get a kid's ticket half off by calling 432-PUCK. Activities at the game include face painting, balloon art, tour fire trucks and ambulances, plus meet Ronald McDonald.

The Ice Pilots play at Louisiana this Friday at 7:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots will play at the Louisiana IceGators this Friday night at the Cajundome at 7:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots have a rec ord of 4-5 vs. Louisiana this season including a record of 4-1 at home and 0-4 on the road. The Ice Pilots have an all-time regular season record of 21-33-5 vs. Louisiana including a record of 16-10-4 at home and 5-23-1 on the road.

Ice Pilots in Fifth Place: The Ice Pilots are in fifth place in the Central Division with a record of 22-16-5 for 49 points. For the current ECHL Standings, visit the Standings Page on icepilots.com.

Ice Pilots leaders: Ice Pilots defenseman Corey Neilson leads the team with 46 points and leads the team with 36 assists. Neilson is second in points among defenseman in the ECHL . Neilson is second in the league with 28 power play points and first with 22 power play assists. Brian Eklund is third in the league with 21 wins and first in the league with 1327 saves. Eklund is first in the league with 2242 minutes played. Greg Chambers is sixth among rookies with 35 points. Jean Francois Soucy is first among all rookies with 38 minor penalties and fifth with 111 penalty minutes. Peter Fregoe is second among rookies with 4 shorthanded points.

Ice Pilots in the Community: Brett Gibson will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart along with Iceman on Tuesday morning at Beulah Elementary School. Iceman will also participate in Jump Rope for Heart on Friday morning at Holly Navarre Intermediate School. The Ice Pilots will be celebrity waiters this Wednesday night for the Make a Wish Foundation at Red Lobster located across from Cordova Mall on Ninth Avenue from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Corey Neilson and Greg Chambers will sign autographs this Wednesday night at Sports Avenue located inside Cordova Mall from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

TOWN HALL MEETING WITH ICE PILOTS OWNER TIM KERR SET FOR SATUDAY AT 4:00 P.M. The Ice Pilots will host a Town Hall Meeting for the fans this Saturday, February 7th before the home game vs. Greensboro beginning at 4 p.m. at the Civic Center and will last until around 5:45 p.m. Fans will have the opportunity to! ask questions to owner Tim Kerr about anything to do with the Ice Pilots organization.

Practice Schedule for the week: The Ice Pilots will practice at the Civic Center Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The Ice Pilots will leave for Lafayette, Louisiana on Thursday after practice. The Ice Pilots will have a pre skate on Friday at 11 a.m. at Lafayette and play at Louisiana on Friday at 7:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots will have a pre skate on Saturday at 10 a.m. and play home to Greensboro on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots will play home to Greensboro on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. Times of practices are scheduled to change during the week.

Nominated Player of the Week: Peter Fregoe has been nominated for the player of the week. Brian Eklund has been nominated for goalie of the week.

Mr. Manatee's Alumni game scheduled for Friday, March 5th at 6:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots are proud to announce the first ever Mr. Manatee's Alumni game to take place on Friday, March 5th at 6:05 p.m. The original game vs. San Diego will take place after the Mr. Manatee's Alumni game at 8:05 p.m. Fans will be able to see both games for the price of a regular season ticket to a game. Former players Shane Calder, Chad Quenneville, Scott Malone, Scott LaGrand, Kelly Hultgren, Nick Stajduhar and Andrew Rodgers along with former Head Coach Al Pedersen and former Assistant Coach George Kozak will participate in the Mr. Manatee's Alumni Game. Other former players could be added as we get closer to the date. Members of the Jr. Ice Pilots, the local media and members of the Senior League will also participate in the Mr. Manatee's Alumni game. The Alumni players and the Ice Pilots original players will be wearing special old timer sweaters sponsored by Mr. Mantee's A Casual Grille. The old timer sweaters will be auctioned off after the game at "The Hangar" with proceeds going to the Florida Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and the Children's Home Society.

Ice Pilots Change Games with Louisiana on January 31st and February 6th. The Ice Pilots will change games with Louisiana on Ja nuary 31st and February 6th. Instead of the Ice Pilots play at Louisiana on January 31st, the Ice Pilots will no play at home vs. Louisiana on January 31st. The Ice Pilots will play at Louisiana on February 6th instead of at home on February 6th. The reason being is to accommodate the Cajundome for a Three Doors Down Concert. Fans can use their home game tickets for February 6th for the home game on January 31st.

Season Ticket Packages are available with year round payments: Full season ticket packages and 16 game packages are available with year round payments. The following is a list of the full season ticket plan with year round payments: $22 seats for floor and glass is $49.99 per month, $15 seats for sides is $35.99 per month, $13 seats for goal and lower upper level is $32.99 per month, $10 seats for upper level is $24.99 per month.

Group Tickets: Group tickets are available at the Ice Pilots office. A group of 15-24 will receive $2 off per ticket and scoreboard recognition. A group of 25-99 will receive $2 off per ticket, scoreboard recognition, the group leader receive two free tickets with a minimum of 25 tickets purchased and group members are eligible to become an MVP. Each group member fills out and MVP card, (Cards are mailed with the group tickets), and drops the card in the MVP box at customer service before the game, and has the opportunity to win a valuable prize! Groups of 100 or more will receive scoreboard recognition, two free tickets, MVP cards plus $3 off per ticket and an opportunity to perform the national anthem or participate in the ceremonial puck drop (Subject to availability and approval).

Birthday Parties: Celebrate your birthday with the Ice Pilots. The Ice Pilots birthday party package includes hot dogs, cokes, cake and 10 $13 lower goal game tickets, a special gift pack for the birthday person delivered by Iceman, a birthday card signed by the Ice Pilots and scoreboard recognition. The package price is $179 for a party of 10. $15 is added for each additional guest. For mor e information call 432-PUCK.

Assigned Players from Tampa Bay: The Ice Pilots currently have eight players on the roster assigned from Tampa Bay. They are goalies Brian Eklund, Evgeny Konstantinov and forward Dwayne Hay. Forward Jean Francois Soucy, forward Evgeni Arthukin forward Ryan Craig and defenseman Jeremy Van Hoof and Andreas Holmqvist are also assigned from Tampa. Ryan Craig has been called up to Hershey.

Kerr's Kids: This season the Ice Pilots are introducing "Kerr's Kids." Thanks to Ice Pilots owner Tim Kerr and SMG (Pensacola Civic Center), the Ice Pilots would like to invite six children and their escorts to a game. The Ice Pilots will provide free admission, a goodie bag for each child and SMG will provide a hot dog and soda for each guest. Accessible seating will be arranged for "Kerr's Kids" in section 105. If you are interested in attending one of the Ice Pilots home game through "Kerr's Kids" please contact the Ice Pilots office at 432-7825 and ask for Melinda Palmer.

"Past, Present and Future Ice Pilots Golf Classic" is set for March 6th: The "Past, Present and Future Ice Pilots Golf Classic" is set for Saturday, March 6th at Scenic Hill Country Club with a shotgun start at 11:00 a.m. The golf classic will include Ice Pilots players and alumni. Proceeds of the golf classic will benefit the Jr. Ice Pilots.

Fans can golf with the Ice Pilots players and alumni. Cost is $85 per individual that includes awards banquet with dinner, live entertainment and mingling with the Ice Pilots players and alumni. The awards banquet and dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. Tickets just for the banquet and dinner without golf is $25.

Fans interested in playing in the "Past, Present and Future Ice Pilots Golf Classic" with current and former Ice Pilots players or interested in just attending the dinner should contact LeaderBoard Tournament Systems at scalder@LTSgolf.com or khultgren@LTS! golf.com.

The Ice Pilots away game that was postponed on January 17th at Mississippi because of a Toby Keith concert has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 2nd at 6:35 p.m.

Listen to games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network: Fans can listen to Ice Pilots games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network. The network includes flagship station WCOA AM 1370, Mediacom's preview guide channel, Cox Media channel 2 and at icepilots.com sponsored by Sports Avenue. The pre-game show on Friday night begins at 7:00 p.m. The pre game show begins on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. and the pre-game show on Sunday begins at 4:30 p.m.

Coach's Radio Show has new location this season: The Ice Pilots Coach's Radio show is broadcasted from the Gutter Lounge at Phoenix Crossing inside the new Liberty Lanes this year located at 3200 North Palafox Street. The show is broadcasted on the Ice Pilots hockey network from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Fans can hear the radio show on WCOA AM 1370 and on the internet at www.icepilots.com sponsored by Sports Avenue. Fans can meet the players, head coach Todd Gordon and members of the Ice Pilots office staff all season long. Forwards Tyler Beechey and Aaron Phillips will be the player guests tonight.



ECHL Stories from February 2, 2004


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central