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Kingfish fall to Ice Pilots, 4-3

January 19, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


Bryan Richardson tallied his 100th goal as a Kingfish and Mike Oliveira chipped in two goals but it wasn't enough as the Kingfish fell to the Pensacola Ice Pilots 4-3.

Trevor Allman broke a scoreless tie in the second period as he beat Jeff Blair over the shoulder to give the Ice Pilots a 1-0 lead. Brad Cruikshank and Chris Minard added the assists on the goal.

Bryan Richardson tied the game up at one with his 100th goal as a Kingfish as he fired a slap shot from the high slot right through Brian Eklund. Joe Guenther and Tom Kaiman added the assists on the goal at the 18:06 mark of the period.

Mike Oliveira gave the Kingfish the 2-1 lead early in the second period as he tapped the puck into the empty net. Bryan Richardson drew a crowd including Pensacola net minder Brian Eklund along the goal line but found Oliveira and fed him the puck in the slot for the goal at the 2:03 mark.

Pensacola tied the game up at two shorthanded. Trevor Allman intercepted a Kingfish pass and fired a shot past Blair at the 5:59 mark of the third on the penalty kill. It was the third game in a row that the Kingfish surrendered a shorthanded goal. Kevin Bergin added an assist on the tally.

Oliveira's second marker of the night gave the Kingfish a 3-2 lead at the 11:17 mark of the third. Oliveira took an outlet pass from Joe Guenther and beat Eklund on the break away.

Trevor Allman tied the game up at three at the 12:40 mark as he beat Jeff Blair for the hat trick. Scott Hewson and Chris Minard added the assists on the goal.

Martin Bartek threw the puck off of Jeff Blair leg and into the back of the net at the 16:36 mark of the third period. Ryan O'Keefe ad Kevin Cloutier added the assists on the game-winning goal.

Jeff Blair made 29 saves in the loss as he falls to 5-15-5 on the season. The power play was also held off the scoreboard as they went 0-5 on the power play.

The Kingfish are back in action on Thursday night as they battle the Arkansas RiverBlades in North Little Rock at 6:05 p.m. Catch all the action on Baton Rouge's Best R & B 104.5 WZRB beginning with the Kingfish pregame show at 5:50 p.m.

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