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Published on February 19, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release


PENSACOLA, FL - The Pensacola Ice Pilots finished this past week with a record of 1-2-0-0 and currently have a mark of 15-34-1-1 for 32 points. The Ice Pilots beat Texas 5-4 in overtime, but fell 7-3 and 4-2 in the final two games.

DODGE/ICE PILOTS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Hecimovic is the Dodge Ice Pilots Player of the Week following a terrific weekend in Beaumont, Texas. Hecimovic fired two goals in the Ice Pilots 5-4 overtime win over the Wildcatters. He added another two goals via the power play in a 7-3 loss to Texas on Saturday. Hecimovic, a native of Waterloo, Ontario Canada, had one goal and one assist in a 4-2 loss on Sunday afternoon.

ICE CHIPS: It was a night of firsts for several Pensacola Ice Pilots on Friday. Forward Rich Meloche netted his first professional goal in his first game as an Ice Pilot. Defenseman Jesse Baraniuk scored his first ECHL goal to lift the Blue and Gold past Texas 5-4 in overtime.

John Hecimovic had 5 goals and one assist for six points versus Texas over the weekend.

After losing their first two games when they have gone past 60 minutes, the Ice Pilots are now 3-2 in overtime and shootouts. The Ice Pilots have won three straight overtime games following Friday's decision.

When out shooting an opponent this season, the Ice Pilots have won 12 games.

For just the third time this season, Pensacola suffered a defeat when leading after 40 minutes on Sunday (12-3-0-0 overall).

UPCOMING GAMES:

TUESDAY, FEB. 20 VS. GWINNETT GLADIATORS - 7:05 PM - THE HANGAR:

This is the sixth meeting of the season between the Pensacola Ice Pilots and the Gwinnett Gladiators. David Wrigley has two goals and eight assists for 10 points for the Blue and Gold against the Gladiators, and Greg Watson has notched three goals and five assists for eight points.

THURSDAY, FEB. 22 AND FRIDAY, FEB. 23 VS. COLUMBIA INFERNO - 7:05 PM - THE HANGAR:

The Ice Pilots are 0-3 at The Hangar versus the Inferno this season while the Blue and Gold have notched three wins in four games in Columbia.

Rob Rankin has five assists versus the Inferno, and Sergei Ogorodnikov has one goal and four assists for five points.

SUNDAY, FEB. 25 @ GWINNETT GLADIATORS - 3:05 PM CENTRAL, 4:05 PM EASTERN:

It's the seventh meeting of the season between these two teams and the Ice Pilots are looking for their first win in Gwinnett this season. The Ice Pilots beat the Gladiators at The Hangar in January.

BROADCAST INFO: All three home games can be heard on Classic Country AM1620 beginning with Ice Pilots Countdown to Face-off at 6:45 pm. The play-by-play follows with Denis J. Puska at 7:05 pm. Sunday's game begins with the pre-game show at 2:45 pm followed by the hard hitting action.

All four games are also available on line at www.icepilots.com powered by Sportsjuice.

ICE PILOTS REWIND:

PENSACOLA 5 -- TEXAS 4, OVERTIME: Defenseman Jesse Baraniuk fired the game winning goal, his first in the ECHL to lift the Ice Pilots past the Wildcatters 5-4 in overtime at Ford Arena on Friday night. The Ice Pilots built a 4-2 lead after 40 minutes only to see the Wildcatters rally with two in the third. Other goal scorers for the Ice Pilots were John Hecimovic with two, Torry Gajda and Rich Meloche added singles. It was Gadja's first goal since joining the Ice Pilots in a trade from Cincinnati earlier in the week. Meloche tallied his first professional goal in the second period. Michael Mole was outstanding in goal and posted the victory.

WILDCATTERS 7 - ICE PILOTS 3: The Texas Wildcatters blew open a close 4-2 game in the third period with three straight goals and went on to a 7-3 decision over the Ice Pilots on Saturday afternoon.

After falling behind 2-0 in the first period, the Ice Pilots played an inspired second and had the deficit reduced to one goal on two different occasions. John Hecimovic continued his hot play with a pair, both on the power play, while Dan Sullivan added a single.

WILDCATTERS 4 - ICE PILOTS 2: Despite being badly out shot through 40 minutes the Pensacola Ice Pilots were the better team and rewarded for their hard work, leading 2-0. David Wrigley and John Hecimovic notched the goals. However, the Wildcatters rallied with four in the third period including one into the empty net to pull out the win. Evan Lindsay played well in net for Pensacola despite suffering the loss.

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