Kingfish dump Gators, 3-1

Published on October 26, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


The Baton Rouge Kingfish used two first period goals to down the Louisiana IceGators 3-1 at the Riverside Centroplex.

For the first time this season, the Kingfish scored the first goal of the contest. Clark Jones took a centering pass for Ryan Trsek just 1:09 into the period and beat Kyle Kettles. Trevor Demmans added an assist on the power play goal.

Three minutes later, Jones punched home his second of the night. A great centering pass from Trsek off a feed from Sam Paquet set up the goal.

Despite being outshot 15-7, the Kingfish held a 2-0 lead going into the locker room after the opening stanza.

Louisiana cut the Kingfish lead to one at the 12:40 mark of the second period. Shawn McNeil punched a centering pass from Semir Ben-Amor and Kevin Mitchell past Jeff Blair.

Bryan Richardson iced the contest on the power play as he beat Kettles at the 6:30 mark of the third to give the Kingfish the 3-1 lead. Steve Cheredaryk and Jesse Ferguson added the assists on the goal.

The Kingfish went 2-4 on the man advantage as they continue to produce on the power play.

Jeff Blair picked up his first win of the season as he made 37 saves in the win. Blair improves to 1-2-0 on the season.

The Kingfish are back at it tomorrow as they travel to Mississippi to take on the Sea Wolves at 5:05 p.m. Catch the game on Baton Rouge's Best R&B, 104.5 FM WZRB beginning with the Kingfish pregame show beginning at 4:50 p.m.

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