Kingfish Blanked, 3-0

January 23, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


The Arkansas RiverBlades used 22 saves from Jimi St. John and two goals from Jason Bermingham as the Kingfish were shut out 3-0.

Arkansas quickly jumped on top of the Kingfish with three first period goals as Buddy Smith played a part in all three.

A Kingfish giveaway right along the blue line set up Arkansas' first goal at the 2:05 mark of the first. Ernie Hartlieb intercepted a Kingfish outlet pass and took the puck into the corner before centering the puck to Buddy Smith. Smith gave the RiverBlades the 1-0 lead as he beat Niklas Sundberg.

Jason Bermingham took a rink wide pass from Smith at the 15:54 mark and pulled Sundberg out of his net while he fired the puck off the cross bar and into the back of the net. Hartlieb also added an assist on the goal.

With the teams skating four aside, Bermingham slipped past the Kingfish defense and beat Sundberg on a breakaway at the 18:16 mark of the period. Buddy Smith added his second assist on the night while Matt Pagnutti also added an assist.

Special teams did not play a factor in tonight's game as the Kingfish and RiverBlades did not capitalize on the man advantage.

The Kingfish and RiverBlades go at it again tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m. Catch all the action on Baton Rouge's Best R & B, 104.5 WZRB, beginning with the Kingfish pre-game show at 6:50 p.m.



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