Inferno Weekly

December 13, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Columbia Inferno News Release


THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday, December 16th @ South Carolina Stingrays

The Inferno is 2-1-1 this season against the Stingrays. Both teams are tied for third place with 23 points but the Inferno has 4 games at hand.

Friday, December 17th @ Gwinnett Gladiators

The last time these two teams met was last Saturday when the Inferno won 3-2. Gwinnett is in first place of the South Division with 28 points (12-5-4). The Inferno is 1-0-1 against the Gladiators this season.

Saturday, December 18th vs. Pee Dee Pride 7:30pm Carolina Coliseum

Pee Dee is in first place in the East Division with 30 points (14-6-2). Columbia is 1-1-0 this season against the Pride. The Inferno will face the Pride one more time this month on Tuesday, December 21st.

LAST WEEK

Friday, December 10th INFERNO 2 Louisiana 1

Walker McDonald and D'Arcy McConvey scored the two goals in the shootout to award the Inferno with a win at home against the Louisiana IceGators. Louisiana opened the scoring at 7:20 of the first period with a goal by David Baranuk as he caught goaltender Mike Minard down on the ice. After a scoreless second period, Eric Boulton scored at 16:29 of the third period on the power play with set up by Derek Eastman and Trevor Demmans.

Saturday, December 11th INFERNO 3 Gwinnett 2

D'Arcy McConvey scored two goals to lead the Inferno past the first place Gwinnett Gladiators 3-2. Columbia lit it up in the second period when the Inferno scored three unanswered goals. Bryson Busniuk scored his fifth goal of the season at 1:50 with help from Walker McDonald. McConvey scored the next two goals at 4:22 as the puck found the back of the net during a scuffle in front. He then scored again at 12:07 with a slapshot from the right side of goaltender Fields. Gwinnett added one more goal at 16:45 but could not hold on as the Inferno go on to win their seventh out of eight games in a row. Mike Minard still is unbeaten as he improves his record to 7-0-2.

Overall Record: 10-6-3

Position: Tied for Third Place with 23 points

Weekly Record: 2-0-0

INFERNO NUMBERS

Record: 10-6-3
Home: 5-3-3
Road: 5-3-0
Goals: 9 – Brad Ralph
Assists: 9 – Chanse Fitzpatrick, Brad Ralph
Leading Scorer: 18 – Brad Ralph
Power Play: 13.6% (22nd)
Power Play Goals: 4 – Chanse Fitzpatrick
Penalty Kill: 90.2% (2nd)
Short Handed Goals: 1 – Ryan Campbell
Game Winning Goals: 3 – D'Arcy McConvey
Plus/Minus: +11 – Greg Amadio
Goaltending: Mike Minard, 7-0-2, 1.58 GAA, .945 save percentage, 10 games

INFERNO HIGHLIGHTS

The Inferno has won 7 out of their 8 last games...D'Arcy McConvey has 10 points (6g-4a) in his last seven games...Mike Minard remains unbeaten with a record of 7-0-2...Columbia is ranked second in penalty killing with 90.2%.

TRANSACTIONS

NONE

COACH'S SHOW

The Scott White Coach's Show will be cancelled for this Monday, December 13th.



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