Inferno Weekly

Published on October 25, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL)
Columbia Inferno News Release


LAST WEEK

Friday, October 22nd SOUTH CAROLINA 3 Columbia 2 (OT)

The Columbia Inferno broke their opening game winning streak as they drop to the South Carolina Stingrays in overtime 3-2 in front of a 6,231 crowd. The Stingrays scored first with a goal by Rich Peverley at 2:58 of the first period. Columbia's Chanse Fitzpatrick tied the game at 14:06 with help from rookie Ryan Campbell. After a scoreless second period, Matt Ulwelling passed the puck to Steve Burgess off the face-off. Burgess took a slapshot from the blueline and scored to give the Inferno the go-ahead goal at 7:17. The Stingrays didn't back down as they scored at 7:50 to tie the game at two with a goal by Marty Clapton. With 3:49 left in the overtime period, Joe Tenute scored the game-winning goal as the Stingrays win their first game of the season.

Saturday, October 23rd GWINNETT 4 Columbia 3 (SO)

Alex Burrows scored two goals and had one assist but the Inferno couldn't hold on in a shootout as they lost to the Gwinnett Gladiators 4-3. Gwinnett quickly went on the board at 1:04 of the first period with a goal by Jeff Campbell. Burrows scored his first goal of the night at 8:06 with passes from Brad Ralph and Erik Eaton to tie the game. It was all Gwinnett in the second period as they scored two goals to go ahead 3-1. The Inferno came alive in the third period as Bryson Busniuk scores his first goal of the season at 7:38 with a pass from Burrows to bring Columbia to within one goal. With the Inferno goalie pulled for the man-advantage, Burrows scores his second goal of the night at 18:51 to tie the game. Three penalties in the overtime period crippled the Inferno as they skated 5-on-3 for 1:03 but McVicar stopped all 6 shots to push the game to a shootout. Columbia could not score during the shootout on four shooters as Gwinnett scored one out of four to win their second game in a row.

Overall Record: 0-0-2
Position: 4th place (2 points)
Weekly Record: 0-0-2

INFERNO NUMBERS

Record: 0-0-2
Home: 0-0-2
Road: 0-0-0
Goals: 2 – Alex Burrows
Assists : 2 – Brad Ralph
Leading Scorer: 3 – Alex Burrows
Power Play: 100% (tied 1st)
Power Play Goals: n/a
Penalty Kill: 0% (28th)
Short Handed Goals: n/a
Game Winning Goals: n/a
Plus/Minus: +4 – Greg Amadio
Goaltending: Rob McVicar, 2.77GAA 0-0-1, .919SVPCT

INFERNO HIGHLIGHTS

Alex Burrows has three points (2g-1a) in his last two games...Greg Amadio leads the Inferno in penalty minutes with 12...

TRANSACTIONS

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THE WEEK AHEAD

Tuesday, October 26th Inferno @ Greenville Grrrowl 7:05pm Bi-Lo Center

This is the first of 10 meetings between the Grrrowl and Inferno. The Inferno is 16-6-1 all-time against Greenville.

Friday, October 29th Inferno vs. Charlotte Checkers 7:30pm Carolina Coliseum

Columbia is 11-3-2 all-time against the Checkers. The last time these two teams met was on April 3rd and Inferno won 4-3 in overtime.

Saturday, October 30th Inferno @ Charlotte Checkers 7:30pm Cricket Arena

This is the second meeting this week between the Checkers and Inferno. These two teams will meet 10 times this season.

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