Ice Pilots Have Best Winning Percentage In Conference

December 20, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release


Ice Pilots go 3-1-0 this past week. The Pensacola Ice Pilots posted a record of 3-1-0 this past week. The Ice Pilots defeated Florida last Tuesday night at Germain Arena 2-1 in overtime. Cam Keith and Jason Beckett scored the goals for the Ice Pilots. Beckett scored the game winning goal in overtime at the 1:09 mark. Frederic Cloutier was the winning goalie.

The Ice Pilots won at home on Friday night 8-4 vs. Charlotte. Dwayne Hay scored a hat trick for the Ice Pilots with 3 goals and two assists. It is the first hattrick of the season for the Ice Pilots. Tyler Beechey scored two goals and had two assists. Jordan Krestanovich, Jade Galbraith and Corey Neilson also scored goals. Frederic Cloutier was the winning goalie.

The Ice Pilots won at home on Sa! turday night 3-1 vs. Louisiana. Dwayne Hay scored two goals in the game including the first shorthanded goal of the season for the Ice Pilots. Cory Stillman scored his first goal of the season which was the game winning goal. Todd Ford improved his record to 6-0 in goal for the Ice Pilots with the win.

The Ice Pilots lost at Louisiana on Sunday 2-1 as the five game winning streak came to an end. Tyler Beechey scored the goal for the Ice Pilots and Fredric Cloutier was the losing goalie for the Ice Pilots.

The Ice Pilots go into the Christmas week with a record of 14-5-2 for 30 points. The Ice Pilots have the best winning percentage in the American Conference at .714 and it is the second best in the ECHL. The Ice Pilots are currently in second place in the South Division.

Ice Pilots play home to Florida on Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots will play the Florida Everblades at home on Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. It is the third meeting of the season between the! two teams as the Ice Pilots are 2-0 vs. Florida winning 5-4 on Octobe r 30th and defeating Florida last Tuesday night at Germain Arena in overtime 2-1. The Ice Pilots have an all time record of 17-21-1 vs. Florida including a record of 9-8-1 at home and 8-13-0 on the road.

Florida Lottery Second Chance Night on Tuesday vs. Florida. Fans can bring $5 dollars worth of non winning Florida Lottery Tickets to the civic center box office and receive a free ticket to the game vs. Florida on Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m.

The Ice Pilots will play at Louisiana on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots have a record of 3-2 vs. Louisiana this season losing at home on November 5th 6-4, winning in overtime at Louisiana on November 6th 3-2 and winning at Louisiana on November 30th 2-1. The Ice Pilots defeated Louisiana 3-1 last Saturday night at home and lost to the IceGators 2-1 at the Cajundome on Sunday. The Ice Pilots have an all-time regular season record of 27-37-5 vs. the IceGators including a record of 18-12-4 at home and 9-25-1 on the road.

Ice Pi! lots offer Home of the Holidays Ticket offer for games on Tuesday, December 28th vs. Florida and Thursday, December 30th vs. Charlotte at 7:05 p.m. Fans can buy one $13 or $15 ticket to the games on December 28th and December 30th and get one free. For more information call the Ice Pilots at 432-PUCK.

Leading Scorers: Tyler Beechey leads the Ice Pilots in scoring with 26 points and is tied with Aaron Phillips for the team lead with 16 assists. Beechey is the 6th leading scorer in the league with 26 points. Dwayne Hay and Corey Neilson are second on the team in scoring with 18 points. Hay leads the team with 11 goals.

Tentative Practice Schedule this week; The Ice Pilots will practice on Monday at 12:00 p.m. at the Civic Center. The Ice Pilots will have a pre skate on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and play home to Florida on Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots will leave after the game and play at Florida on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. central time. The Ice Pilots will have Thur! sday and Friday off. The Ice Pilots will leave on Saturday - Christmas night- at 7:00 p.m. for Lafayette. The Ice Pilots will play at Louisiana on Sunday at 5:05 p.m.

Dodge Player of the Week: Forward Tyler Dwayne Hay has been nominated for the ECHL player of the week as he scored five goals and picked up three assists this past week. Hay scored the first hat trick of the season for the Ice Pilots and also the team's first shorthanded goal. Frederic Cloutier has been nominated for the ECHL Goalie of the Week. Cloutier posted a record of 2-1 this past week with an overtime win at Florida, defeating Charlotte at home and losing at Louisiana 2-1. Dwayne Hay has been named as the Dodge Player of the week.

Barnes Ace Hardware and Feed will be sponsoring the Ice Pilots leading scorer award this season. During the season, we will be updating you with the Barnes Ace Hardware and Feed Ice Pilots top scorer. At the end of the season, Barnes Ace Hardware and Feed will present a trophy to the Ice Pilots top scorer. Fans will have an update on the Ba! rnes Ace Hardware and Feed top scorer in the weekly release and at www.icepilots.com. Tyler Beechey is the top scorer on the Ice Pilots with 26 points. Dwayne Hay and Corey Neilson are second in scoring with 18 points each. Jordan Krestanovich and Aaron Phillips each have 17 points.

GEICO Three Stars of the Game: GEICO will be sponsoring the Ice Pilots Three Stars of the Game once again on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network this season and at every home game. Three lucky fans at home games will receive a t-shirt from the GEICO Three Stars of the Game this season. Mr. Hank Dousharm of GEICO will present the Ice Pilot player with a trophy at the end of the season with the GEICO Star of the Game award as the points will be updated throughout the season after every game on the Ice Pilots website at www.icepilots.com and every week with the Ice Pilots Weekly Release. Call Hank Dousharm at 1919 Creighton Road for good news about your car insurance at 494-0052. The Geico Three Stars! of the game in Tuesday's win at Florida. Geico Number One Star. Jason Beckett. 2. Frederic Cloutier 3. Florida's Craig Kowalski. Geico three stars in Friday's 8-4 win vs. Charlotte 1. Dwayne Hay 2 Tyler Beechey 3 Corey Nielson. Geico three stars in Saturday's 3-1 win vs. Louisiana 1 Dwayne Hay 2 Cory Stillman 3 Todd Ford. Geico Three Stars in 2-1 loss at Louisiana. 1 Louisiana's Wes Mason 2 Louisiana's Jake Ortmyer. 3 Tyler Beechey

Montgomery Paint Internet Sports Question. Once again this season Montgomery Paint will be sponsoring the Ice Pilots internet Sports Question during the broadcasts of Ice Pilots games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network and at www.icepilots.com.

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.

Season tickets cost $649.44 for floor and glass seats, $459.00 for sides, $411.84 for behind the goal and lower upper level seats and $324.00 for upper level seats.

Being an Ice Pilots Season Ticket holder has special advantages: Fans who purchase full season tickets have an opportunity to purchase Civic Center concert tickets before they go on sale to the public (additional $5 per ticket charge), discount on Ice Pilots merchandise, access to special page with Ice Pilots news before it hits the press, no lines, same seats for every game, first right to playoff tickets, exchange program for missed games (restrictions apply, call the Ice Pilots at 432-7825 for details and exclusive events with the team including the "Annual Team Picnic" and membership to the "Power Play Club" enjoy a VIP atmosphere during the intermissions and post-game opportunities to meet the players.

16 Game Power Pl! ay Season Ticket Package: A discounted and flexible ticket package tha t you create by selecting your seats and the games you can attend. You will receive opening and the final game of the regular season plus 14 games of your choice. You also have the option to purchase your same seats for additional games, invitation to the "Annual Team Picnic," option to purchase a "Power Play Club" membership at $50 each, first option to buy your seats for the Kelly Cup Playoffs and next season, season ticket exchange policy and a monthly pricing plan available.

8 Game Face Off Package: You will receive opening night plus seven games of your choice plus option to purchase your same seats for additional games and first option to buy your seats for the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

Flex Pack Package: A pack of 10 vouchers redeemable in any quantity for any regular season home game. The Flex Pack is ideal for gifts, employee incentives or customer appreciation.

Holiday Ticket Package: The Ice Pilots holiday ticket package is offered from now u! ntil December 30, 2004. Fans can receive 4 $15 tickets, one Ice Pilots hat, one Ice Pilots t-shirt and one game day program for $50.

Subway Alumni Game and Hall of Fame Voting. The Subway Alumni Game is set for Saturday, February 26th at 5:05 p.m. before the Ice Pilots vs. Mississippi at 7:05 p.m. Martin "Choo Choo" Chouinard, Andrew Rodgers, Shane Calder, Chad Quenneville, Scott LaGrand, Scott Malone and Kelly Hultgren along with other alumni players who will be announced as they make the commitments will participate in the Subway Alumni Game. Ice Pilots owner Tim Kerr will also play in the game. Members of the Jr. Ice Pilots and Senior League will also participate. Vote for your favorite Ice Pilot alumni player for the Subway Hall of Fame Banner at www.icepilots.com. with your top ten alumni players. A couple of players will be inducted onto the Subway Hall of Fame banner during the intermission that night vs. Mississippi.

The Alumni players and also the I! ce Pilots current players will be wearing special old timer jerseys th at will be auctioned off with portions of the proceeds going to the Hurricane Relief Fund. The jersey auction will be available at www.icepilots.com in the next couple weeks with the winners announced and receiving the jerseys after the Subway Alumni Game and the regular game vs. Mississippi. The winners will also have their picture taken with the player.

Group Tickets: Group tickets are available at the Ice Pilots office. A group of 15-24 will receive $2 off per ticket and scoreboard, public announcement recognition. A group of 25-99 will receive $2 off per ticket, scoreboard, public announcement 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 the MVP card 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, public announcement 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 10 $13 lower goal game tickets, Albertsons University Parkway Cookie Cake delivered by Iceman, a birthday card signed by the Ice Pilots, scoreboard recognition and the birthday child included in intermission activities. The package price is $150 for a party of 10. $15 is added for each additional guest. For more information call 432-PUCK.

Join the Ice Pilots Kid's Club: Being an Ice Pilots Kid's Club Member (Ages 2-14) you receive one coupon from the new Liberty Lanes for one free game of bowling with shoes, one fee ticket for the January 30th game with private post-game autograph session with the Ice Pilots immediately following the game, welcome letter from Ice Man and a Kids ! Club Membership Card.

Assigned Players from Toronto Maple Leafs: Th e Ice Pilots currently have eight players on the roster assigned from Toronto. They are goalie Todd Ford, defenseman Dave Turon, defenseman Dominic D'Amour, center Chris St. Jacques, center Kris Newbury, center Cory Stillman, left wing Cam Keith and defenseman Tyson Marsh. Dominic D'Amour and Kris Newbury have been recalled to St. John's of the AHL.

Kerr's Kids: For the second season in a row 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 organizations devoted to helping children who are terminally ill or have special limitations to be our guest during the 2004-05 regular season for a great night of hockey. Each organization is encouraged to pick 3-4 dates throughout the regular season. The Ice Pilots will provide free admission for 12 people (We would like to have at least 6 or more children, escorts are required for the children and are counted as part of th! e 12). SMG will provide a hot dog and soda for each guest. If accessible seating is needed the Ice Pilots must be notified at least 2 days in advance and seating will be arranged. All members must stay in assigned seats. Please provide a list of attendee's 24 hours prior to game day. 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.

Listen to games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network with the new Ice Pilots Flagship radio home AM 1620: Fans can listen to Ice Pilots games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network. The network includes new flagship radio station AM 1620, Cox Communications and at icepilots.com sponsored by Sports Avenue. The game will also be taped delayed by Leafs TV. The pre game show for Tuesday night begins at 6:05 p.m. The pre game show for Wednesday night begins at 6:15 p.m. central time. The pre game show on Sunday begins at 4:50 p.m. Ice Pilots Offer Pay-Per-View Webcasts with B2 Networks this season. The Ice Pilots home games and several road games will be available for viewing on the Ice Pilots website at www.icepilots.com. The Ice Pilots have partnered with B2 Networks based in Las Vegas, Nevada on the pay-per-view broadcast.

Fans will be able to click on the "Watch the Game Live" icon at the Ice Pilots website to view and listen to the game. The broadcast is available to fans with a high speed DSL or Cable modem internet connection and the charge is $6 per game. At this time a total of 58 of the Ice Pilots 72 regular season games will be available for viewing at www.icepilots.com. All three games this week are available on pay per view at www.icepilots.com with B2 Networks.

Ice Pilots Radio Show at the Gutter Lounge again this season: The Ice Pilots Radio show will once again be 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 hoc! key network from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Fans can hear the radio show on the Ice Pilots new flagship radio station AM 1620 and on the internet at www.icepilots.com sponsored by Sports Avenue. Fans can meet the players, head coach Dave Farrish and members of the Ice Pilots office staff all season long. Tyson Marsh and Cam Keith will be the player guests tonight on the Ice Pilots Coaches Radio Show.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone from the entire Ice Pilots organization.



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