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April 11, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Columbia Inferno News Release


The Columbia Inferno clinched the East Division and is seeded #2 in the American Conference. Charlotte is seeded #7. The Inferno is 5-3-2 during the 2004-05 regular season and has never faced the Checkers during post-season play. The last time the Checkers were in the playoffs was the 2002 season when they lost against the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in the division semi-finals. The Inferno have qualified for the playoffs every year since their inception.

LAST WEEK Tuesday, April 5th GRRROWL 4 – Inferno 0

The Greenville Grrrowl shuts down the Inferno as they win 4-0. Greenville opened the scoring in the first period at 12:03 with a goal by Maris Ziediens. The Grrrowl scored two unassisted goals in the second period at 4:23 and 13:03 to go ahead 3-0. Ziediens added his second goal of the night at 3:24 of the third period to give the Grrrowl a 4-0 lead and win over the Inferno. Rob McVicar played between the pipes for Columbia as he faced 24 shots, stopping 20. The Inferno outshot the Grrrowl 47-24.

Wednesday, April 6th GRRROWL 4 – Inferno 3 (SO)

The Columbia Inferno lose in a sudden death shootout 4-3 against the Greenville Grrrowl. Chanse Fitzpatrick and Sean Owens fed the puck to Tim Smith as he one-timed it past goaltender Mike Morrison on the power play at 4:40 of the first period. The Inferno went up 2-0 with Smith's second goal of the night as he scored off of a rebound shot by Eric Boulton. Derek Eastman had the second assist at 13:12. Greenville brought the score to within one when Colin Pepperall redirected the puck past Mike Minard at 17:11 on the power play. Greenville tied the game at 7:43 of the second period as David Herring skated in on Minard and pushed the puck in the net. Boulton scored his 23rd goal of the season at 8:12 of the third period to give the Inferno a 3-2 lead with help from Smith. Greenville would not step down as Mike Knight tied the game at 14:17 to push the game into an overtime period and a shootout.

Friday, April 8th INFERNO 5 Everblades 4 (SO)

The Columbia Inferno clinch the East Division as they beat the Florida Everblades 5-4 in a shootout. Columbia scored three goals in the third period to tie and force overtime and a shootout. After a scoreless first period, David Lundbohm scored for the Everblades at 8:10 to put them on the board first. Damian Surma scored 10 seconds later as Florida takes a quick 2-0 lead. At 9:51, defenseman Trevor Demmans scored his fourth goal of the season with help from Walker McDonald to bring the Inferno within one goal and end the second period 2-1. Florida's Reggie Berg came out roaring as he scored two goals to give the Everblades a 4-1 lead half way into the third period. Within less than 5 minutes, the Inferno notches three goals. D'Arcy McConvey scored his 23rd of the season on the power play with assists to Sean Owens and Mike Minard at 14:42. Matt Ulwelling scored at 16:53 with Owens and McDonald on the helpers. Owens ties the game at four when Tim Smith and Ulwelling set him up at 19:13. After the overtime period, Brad Ralph and Eric Boulton were the only two scorers in the shootout to give the Inferno the win over the Everblades.

Saturday, April 9th Inferno 1 EVERBLADES 3

The Inferno dropped their last regular season game 3-1 against the Everblades. Matt Ulwelling netted the only goal for the Inferno in the third period. Assists were awarded to D'Arcy McConvey and Derek Eastman.

Overall Record: 38-22-12 Position: First Place with 88 points Weekly Record: 1-2-1 Clinched East Division

INFERNO NUMBERS
Record: 38-22-12
Home: 22-6-8
Road: 16-16-4
Goals: 27 – Brad Ralph
Assists: 38 – Trevor Demmans
Leading Scorer: 54 – D'Arcy McConvey
Power Play: 17% (13th)
Power Play Goals: 11 – Brad Ralph
Penalty Kill: 86.4% (4th)
Short Handed Goals: 1 – 7 players tied
Game Winning Goals: 8 –Brad Ralph
Plus/Minus: +19 – Trevor Demmans
Goaltending: Mike Minard, 24-8-7, 41 games, 2.40 GAA, .919 save percentage

TRANSACTIONS

NONE.

COACH'S SHOW

There will be no Coach's Show for the rest of the season.

THE WEEK AHEAD Wednesday, April 13th Inferno vs. Charlotte Checkers 7:30pm Carolina Coliseum

Friday, April 15th Inferno vs. Charlotte Checkers 7:30pm Carolina Coliseum

Saturday, April 16th Inferno @ Charlotte Checkers 7:05pm Cricket Arena

Sunday, April 17th Inferno @ Charlotte Checkers

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