Ice Pilots Skate Past Wolves in Preseason

October 6, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release


BILOXI, Miss. - The East Coast Hockey League's Mississippi Sea Wolves (1-1-0) finished their preseason on Saturday by losing 5-2 on the road against the Pensacola Ice Pilots (1-1-0).

Pensacola defenseman Josh Harrold opened the score at 1:15, by firing a shot past Mississippi goaltender Mike Buckley. The Ice Pilots added more offense later in the frame, defenseman Jeremy Van Hoof snapped the puck over the left shoulder of Buckley at 13:28, making it 2-0 Pensacola.

In the second, the Sea Wolves got on the board courtesy of the power play. Darryl Campbell showed great persistence by lunging at a loose puck infront of Ice Pilots goaltender Maxime Gingras. It was an unassisted marker, making it 2-1 Pensacola. Later in the second, Ice Pilots' Louis Dumont busted in with David Oliver on a two-on-one break. Oliver connected to give Pensacola a 3-1 advantage after 40 minutes.

In the third, Mississippi closed the gap to one, as Travis Lisabeth pounced on a rebound at 10:25. It was Lisabeth's second of the preseason. Pensacola pulled away less than two minutes later. Roger Holeczy re-directed a centering pass from Mike Vigilante, past Greg Gardner, who took over from Buckley to start the third, making it 4-2 Pensacola. Then at 14:26, Chris Gignac let go a wristshot in the slot, beating a screened Gardner, to round out the score at 5-2.

Buckley made 21 saves on 24 shots over 40 minutes of action. Gardner turned away 14 of 16. Pensacola's Gingras stopped 16 of 18 shots.

Mississippi was 1-for-7 on the power play. Pensacola went 1-for-13 with the man advantage.

Worth Noting...In order to see the Mississippi prospects, coach Bob Woods elected not to suit up Steffon Walby, Cody Bowtell, Dave Paradise, Patrick Rochon, Jim Baxter, Sean Matile, Josh Bennett...The hit of the game belonged to Sea Wolves' Jeff Hutchins. In the first period, around the Pensacola blueline, Hutchins hammered Dumont, sending the ECHL's leading scorer from last season spinning to the ice. Jeff Hutchins had the hit of the game in the first period, hammering Dumont, the ECHL's leading scorer last season.

The Sea Wolves regular season begins on Saturday, October 12 in Baton Rouge. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. at the Riverside Centroplex.

Mississippi's home opener is Sunday, October 13 at 5:05 p.m. against intrastate rival Jackson at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.

Season tickets are still on sale at the Sea Wolves hockey office or by calling 228-275-WOLF (9653).

Individual game tickets are available at the all TicketMaster locations, the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office and by calling 228-594-3707.



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