Ice Pilots Win 3 Out of Four Games Last Week

December 1, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release


The Pensacola Ice Pilots won three out of four game this past week defeating the Sea Wolves twice and going 1-1 vs. Louisiana. The Ice Pilots started the week with a 4-3 win this past Tuesday at home vs. Mississippi. The Ice Pilots trailed 3-1 going into the third period and scored three goals to win 4-3. Dwayne Hay, Brian Collins and Aaron Phillips scored the goals for the Ice Pilots and Brian Eklund was the winning goalie. The Ice Pilots knocked off Louisiana at home on Friday night 2-1 in a six round shootout. Brian Eklund stopped 50 out of 51 shots for the win. Brian Collins scored the only goal for the Ice Pilots in regulation and Andreas Holmqvist scored the goal for the Ice Pilots in the shootout. The Ice Pilots lost at Louisiana on Saturday night 4-0 before winning at home on Sunday vs. Mississippi 3-2. The Ice Pilots scored the first three goals of the game. Brett Gibson, Brian Collins and Tyler Beechey scored the goals for the Ice Pilots. Brian Eklund was the winning goalie stopping 44 out of 46 shots.

The Ice Pilots have a record of 10-7-1 for 21 points which is good for third place in the Central Division of the Western Conference.

The Ice Pilots Play home games this Saturday and Sunday
The Ice Pilots will play home games this Saturday night vs. Louisiana at 7:05 p.m. and this Sunday afternoon vs. Texas at 5:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots have a record of 1-3 vs. Louisiana this season. The Ice Pilots lost to Louisiana at home on November 14th 5-4 and lost at Louisiana on November 16th 6-1. The Ice Pilots defeated Louisiana in a six round shootout on November 28th 2-1 and lost at Louisiana on November 29th 4-0. The Ice Pilots have an all-time record vs. Louisiana of 18-31-5 including a record of 13-10-4 at home and 5-21-1 on the road. The Ice Pilots have an all -time record of 2-1-1 vs. Texas this season as the Wildcatters are an expansion team this year. The Ice Pilots defeated Texas 7-2 on October 25th at home, lost at Texas in overtime on November 9th 4-3, defeated Texas at home on November 13th 5-3 and lost at Texas on November 22nd 4-1.

The Ice Pilots will play at Mississippi in Biloxi this Friday at 7:35 p.m. The Ice Pilots have a record of 4-0 this season vs. Mississippi. The Ice Pilots won October 19th at Mississippi 4-3 in overtime, won November 1st at home 6-2, won November 25th at home 4-3 and won on November 30th at home 3-2. The Ice Pilots have an all-time record of 22-32-6 vs. Mississippi including a record of 13-14-3 at home and 9-18-3 on the road.

Ice Pilots in Third Place
The Ice Pilots are in third place in the Central Division with a record of 10-7-1 for 21 points. Check out the current ECHL Standings on icepilots.com.

Ice Pilots leaders
Ice Pilots defenseman Corey Neilson leads the team with 22 points and is the top scoring defenseman in the ECHL. Brian Eklund is second in the league with 10 wins and third in the league with 475 saves. Greg Chambers is fourth in the league in scoring among rookies with 16 points and is second among rookies with 12 assists. Brian Collins is also fifth in the league in scoring among rookies with 15 points and third among rookies in goals with 8. Jean Francois Soucy leads all rookies with 20 minor penalties.

Promotions for home games this Saturday and Sunday
The Ice Pilots play home this Saturday vs. Louisiana at 7:05 p.m. It is "Toys for Tots Night" with the U.S. Marine Corps. Fans are asked to bring a new boxed or wrapped toy to the game for the "Toys for Tots" campaign. The Ice Pilots will play home this Sunday vs. Texas at 5:05 p.m. It is Kids Day. The first 500 kids will receive a bear from Shoney's Restaurant. Fans can purchase 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs and 4 sodas for $44 by calling the Ice Pilots office at 432-PUCK. There will be all kind of games for the kids to play. Fans will be able to skate with the Ice Pilot players after the game. Cost is $6 with skate rental and $4 with your own skates.

Ice Pilots in the Community
The Ice Pilots will be signing autographs this Tuesday night at Shoney's Restaurant on Mobile Highway located next to Wal-Mart from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. and the Ice Pilots will also be signing autographs this Wednesday night at Hooters Restaurant located on Bayou Blvd. from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Practice Schedule for the week
The Ice Pilots will have Monday off. The Ice Pilots will practice at the Civic Center on Tuesday through Thursday at 10:00 a.m. The Ice Pilots will have a pre skate on Friday at the Civic Center at 10:00 and play at Mississippi on Friday night at 7:35 p.m. The Ice Pilots will have a pre skate on Saturday at the Civic Center at 10 a.m. and play at home on Saturday night vs. Louisiana at 7:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots will play at home on Sunday vs. Texas at 5:05 p.m.

Nominated Player of the Week
Brian Collins has been nominated for the player of the week scoring 3 goals this past week and Brian Eklund has been nominated for goalie of the week with a record of 3-0 this week.

Mr. Manatee's Alumni game scheduled for Friday, March 5th at 6:05 p.m.
The Ice Pilots are proud to announce the first ever Mr. Manatee's Alumni game to take place on Friday, March 5th at 6:05 p.m. The original game vs. San Diego will take place after the Mr. Manatee's Alumni game at 8:05 p.m. Fans will be able to see both games for the price of a regular season ticket to a game. Former players Shane Calder, Chad Quenneville, Scott Malone, Scott LaGrand, Kelly Hultgren and Andrew Rodgers along with former Head Coach Al Pedersen and former Assistant Coach George Kozak will participate in the Mr. Manatee's Alumni Game. Other former players could be added as we get closer to the date. Members of the Jr. Ice Pilots, the local media and members of the Senior League will also participate in the Mr. Manatee's Alumni game. The Alumni players and the Ice Pilots original players will be wearing special old timer sweaters sponsored by Mr. Mantee's A Casual Grille. The old timer sweaters will be auctioned off after the game at "The Hangar" with proceeds going to the Florida Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and the Children's Home Society.

Season Ticket Packages are available with year round payments
Full season ticket packages and 16 game packages are available with year round payments. The following is a list of the full season ticket plan with year round payments: $22 seats for floor and glass is $49.99 per month, $15 seats for sides is $35.99 per month, $13 seats for goal and lower upper level is $32.99 per month, $10 seats for upper level is $24.99 per month.

Group Tickets
Group tickets are available at the Ice Pilots office. A group of 15-24 will receive $2 off per ticket and scoreboard recognition. A group of 25-99 will receive $2 off per ticket, scoreboard recognition, the group leader receive two free tickets with a minimum of 25 tickets purchased and group members are eligible to become an MVP. Each group member fills out and MVP card, (Cards are mailed with the group tickets), and drops the card in the MVP box at customer service before the game, and has the opportunity to win a valuable prize! Groups of 100 or more will receive scoreboard recognition, two free tickets, MVP cards plus $3 off per ticket and an opportunity to perform the national anthem or participate in the ceremonial puck drop (Subject to availability and approval).

Birthday Parties
Celebrate your birthday with the Ice Pilots. The Ice Pilots birthday party package includes hot dogs, cokes, cake and 10 $13 lower goal game tickets, a special gift pack for the birthday person delivered by Iceman, a birthday card signed by the Ice Pilots and scoreboard recognition. The package price is $179 for a party of 10. $15 is added for each additional guest. For more information call 432-PUCK.

Assigned Players from Tampa Bay
The Ice Pilots currently have seven players on the roster assigne d from Tampa Bay. They are goalies Brian Eklund, Evgeny Konstantinov and forward Dwayne Hay. Forward Jean Francois Soucy, forward Ryan Craig and defenseman Jeremy Van Hoof and Andreas Holmqvist are also assigned from Tampa. Ryan Craig and Dwayne Hay have been called up to Hershey.

Kerr's Kids
This season the Ice Pilots are introducing "Kerr's Kids." Thanks to Ice Pilots owner Tim Kerr and SMG (Pensacola Civic Center), the Ice Pilots would like to invite six children and their escorts to a game. The Ice Pilots will provide free admission, a goodie bag for each child and SMG will provide a hot dog and soda for each guest. Accessible seating will be arranged for "Kerr's Kids" in section 105. If you are interested in attending one of the Ice Pilots home game through "Kerr's Kids" please contact the Ice Pilots office at 432-7825 and ask for Melinda Palmer or Jeanne Gallagher.

Listen to games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network
Fans can listen to Ice Pilots games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network. The network includes flagship station WCOA AM 1370, Mediacom's preview guide channel, Cox Media channel 2 and at icepilots.com sponsored by Sports Avenue. The pre-game show on Friday night at Mississippi begins at 7:00 p.m. and the pre-game show for Saturday vs. Louisiana at home begins at 6:30 p.m. The pre game on Sunday vs. Texas at home begins at 4:30 p.m.

Coach's Radio Show has new location this season
The Ice Pilots Coach's Radio show is broadcasted from the Gutter Lounge at Phoenix Crossing inside the new Liberty Lanes this year located at 3200 North Palafox Street. The show is broadcasted on the Ice Pilots hockey network from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Fans can hear the radio show on WCOA AM 1370 and on the internet at www.icepilots.com sponsored by Sports Avenue. Fans can meet the players, head coach Todd Gordon and members of the Ice Pilots office staff all season long. Forwards Tyler Beechey and Tyler Kindle will be the player guests tonight.



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