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Ice Pilots rally past Gators

November 30, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Louisiana IceGators News Release


Lafayette, LA – The Pensacola Ice Pilots scored two late 3rd period goals, just 35 seconds apart, to defeat the Louisiana IceGators 2-1 Tuesday night in the Cajundome. Former IceGators goaltender Frederic Cloutier earned the #1 star of the game stopping 55 of 56 IceGators shots.

After two scoreless periods, Louisiana got on the board midway through the 3rd period. As Pensacola tried to clear the puck out of the zone, it hit a metal brace that holds the glass together and bounced right to Alex Materukhin, who fired a wrist shot from the left circle past Cloutier to give Louisiana a 1-0 lead with 9:38 left to play. It was Materukhin's 5th goal of the year. Rookie Nathan Marsters played well in net for the home team stopping 38 of 40 Pensacola shots but it was not good enough to get the win. At the 15:06 mark of the period, Ryan Vince passed the puck to Jade Galbraith going to the net. Galbraith was stopped on his first shot but the rebound came right back to him and the veteran lifted a backhander over the shoulder of Marsters to tie the game at 1. It was Galbraith's first goal of the season. Just 35 seconds later at 15:41 the same line for the Ice Pilots worked the puck free and Nick Lindberg's centering pass hit a wide open Vince for the one-timer and a 2-1 lead, on his 3rd of the season. Cloutier did the rest, stopping the Gators on 8 shots in the final muniute to preserve the 2-1 Pensacola win.

The loss drops the IceGators to 3rd in the South Division with a record of 7-4-2. The Gators were 0-5 on the power play, Pensacola 0-2. The two team combined for 96 shots, 56 for Louisiana, 40 for the Ice Pilots.

The IceGators return home to the Frozen Swamp

Friday, December 3, IceGators vs. Texas Wildcatters 7:05pm, Boy Scout and Food Bank Night

Fans are encouraged to bring your macaroni and cheese (and other non-perishable food items) and use them as a noise maker during the game, then on your way out drop them off in the bins provided. All food collected will be donated to local food banks to help make the holidays a little easier for those in need. Tickets for this and all IceGators home games are available now. For more information call the IceGators office at (337) 234-4423.



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