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March 31, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Columbia Inferno News Release


THE WEEK AHEAD PLAYOFFS

Wednesday, April 2nd @ Columbia 7:05pm vs. TBD

The Inferno will play the winner of the Florida vs. Greenville Wild Card Game that will be played on Tuesday, April 1st in Florida.

Friday, April 4th @ Columbia 7:05pm vs. TBD

LAST WEEK END OF REGULAR SEASON

Friday, March 28th Columbia 1 FLORIDA 3 @ Florida

Robin Carruthers had the lone goal for the Inferno as they dropped to Florida 3-1. Barrie Moore and Rejean Stringer assisted at 1:08 of the second period. The Inferno had 26 shots on goal and was 0-9 on the power play. Patrick Couture stopped 26 of 29 shots on goal.

Saturday, March 29th COLUMBIA 6 Florida 5 (SO) @ Florida

Florida came out fighting three seconds into the game when Brian Goudie dropped his gloves to square off against Dennis Vial. Florida set a franchise record of 79 penalty minutes vs. Columbia's 43. Robin Carruthers and Shawn Wansborough each scored a goal in the first period as Columbia was up 2-1. Rejean Stringer scored at 18:55 of the second period to tie the game at three. Clint Way scored his fourth goal of the season at 4:23 of the third period and Robin Carruthers tied the game at 15:58. After a scoreless overtime, Moore scored in the shootout. Josh Blackburn was in goal stopping 40 of 45 shots and stopping all five shots in the shootout.

Overall Record: 47-23-2 Position: 1st Place in

Weekly Record: 1-1-0 Southeast Division (96 points)

INFERNO NUMBERS

Record: 47-23-2

Home: 26-10-0

Road: 21-13-2

Goals: 37 – Rejean Stringer

Assists : 59 – Rejean Stringer

Leading Scorer: 96 – Rejean Stringer

Power Play: 21.9% (3rd in ECHL)

Power Play Goals: 13 – Rejean Stringer

Penalty Kill: 86.1% (1st in ECHL)

Short Handed Goals: 5 – Rejean Stringer

Game Winning Goals: 11 – Rejean Stringer

Plus/Minus: +37 – Dennis Vial

Goaltending: Patrick Couture, 27-11-0, 2.42 GAA, .917 save percentage

INFERNO STREAKS & HIGHLIGHTS

The Inferno clinched the Southern Conference this past week which means Columbia will have home ice advantage throughout the Southern Conference playoffs...The Inferno finished the regular season with their best record all-time 47-23-2 (96 points) and finished third in the league...Rejean Stringer finished as the all-time Inferno scorer with 96 points (37g-59a) and also is second in the league among scorers...Barrie Moore had six assists in his last four games...Chris St. Croix had six assists in his last five games.

TRANSACTIONS None.

NOMINATED PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Rejean Stringer, 11 games, 7 goals, 7 assists, +4, 2 game winning goals, 3 power play goals, 1 hat trick.

NOMINATED GOALIE OF THE MONTH: Josh Blackburn, 7 games, 6-1-0, 2.55 GAA, .922 save percentage, 1 shutout.

NOMINATED ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Robin Carruthers, 11 games, 8 goals, 7 assists, +5, 2 game winning goals, 2 power play goals, 1 short handed goal.



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