Ice Pilots shoot down Sea Wolves in OT
December 14, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release
BILOXI, MS - The Pensacola Ice Pilots defeated the Mississippi Sea Wolves (7-15-2) in overtime on Friday evening at the Pensacola civic Center by a score of 4-3.
Penscaola got on the board at the 8:02 mark of the first period when Eric Fabian found a loose puck and banged it past Morgan Cey on the power-play. Mississippi clawed even 57 seconds later when Brett Angel scored his first ECHL goal when he found the rebound of a wraparound try by Stanislav Lascek and put it past Pensacola's Cam Ellsworth at 8:59.
The Sea Wolves took the lead early in the second period when Mark Rooneem found the rebound of a shot from Chris Cava with Mississippi on the man-advantage at the 3:50 mark. Pensacola evened the score on the power-play when Mike Sgroi's pass found Luke Erickson uncovered at the back door at 6:37. Mississippi retook the lead when Ellsworth's attempted sweep-check of Mark Rooneem directed the puck to Lance Monych, who fired it into the net for his 11th goal of the season at 9:40. The Ice Pilots would even the score when Sgroi charged in and banged home the rebound of Erickson's shot at the 18:42 mark of the second.
After a scoreless third period, the Sea Wolves found themselves shorthanded in overtime when Travis Lisabeth took at hooking penalty at 1:38. Four seconds later, Pensacola's Joel Stepp took a slashing minor that saw the teams skate three-aside until Bryan Esner took advantage of a Mississippi giveaway, raced down one-on-one against Mark Hurtubise and tucked the puck past Cey for the win at 2:04 of overtime.
Mississippi was 1-for-8 on the power play, and Morgan Cey made 36 saves earning an overtime loss.
Mississippi's next home game is December 28 against the Florida Everblades! Get your seats today by calling 228.275.WOLF! Keep up with all the action while the team is on the road with play-by-play announcer Leif Skodnick! The next broadcast of Sea Wolves hockey is Sunday, December 16 when the Sea Wolves visit the Pensacola Ice Pilots, and will be heard on 1640-AM WTNI. The pre-game show will begin at 4:35 p.m! Games can also be heard on the B2 Networks and at www.msseawolves.com.
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