Ice Pilots Lose 4-3 vs Gwinnett
Published on January 21, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release
Pensacola, FL - The Pensacola Ice Pilots lost to the Gwinnett Gladiators 4-3 in front of 4,631 fans at the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday night.
Eric Braff scored his first professional goal at the 4:02 mark of the first period to give the Ice Pilots a 1-0 lead. Scott Kelman scored a shorthanded goal at the 7:10 mark of the first period to tie the game at one.
Milan Gajic scored a power play goal at the 4:39 mark of the second period to give Gwinnett their first lead of the game 2-1. The Ice Pilots Bobby Cunningham scored his first goal of the season at the 9:32 mark to tie the game at 2.
Scott Kelman scored his second goal of the game for Gwinnett at the 1:01 mark of the third period and Steve Slaton scored a power play goal at the 8:07 mark of the third period to give Gwinnett a 4-2 lead. Dallas Steward scored with 47 seconds left in regulation to make it a 4-3 final.
The Ice Pilots had 35 shots on goal, 12 penalty minutes and went 0-3 on the power play. Gwinnett had 34 shots on goal, 12 penalty minutes and went 2-6 on the power play. Todd Ford was the losing goalie for the Ice Pilots and Tuomas Tarkki was the winning goalie for Gwinnett.
The Ice Pilots record drops to 15-22-3 for 33 points and Gwinnett improves their record to 24-9-5 for 53 points.
After the game, Ice Pilots goalie Todd Ford was recalled to the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.
The Ice Pilots will play home to Greenville on Friday, January 27 at 7:05 p.m. Fans can purchase individual game tickets in person at the Civic Center box office, at any Ticketmaster location, charge by phone at 434-7444 or through the Ice Pilots website at www.icepilots.com. For group tickets, season tickets and birthday parties, fans can call the Ice Pilots office at 432-PUCK.
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