Kingfish fall to Sea Wolves 3-2

January 17, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


The Mississippi Sea Wolves used a shorthanded goal and 34 saves from Greg Gardner to down the Baton Rouge Kingfish, 3-2.

Mississippi opened the scoring at the eight-minute mark of the first period of play on a 2-on-1 as Steffon Walby fed Dave Paradise to set up the first goal of the game. Paradise's slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle beat Niklas Sundberg over the shoulder. Mike Scott also added an assist on the goal.

Trevor Demmans tied the contest at one as he intercepted an outlet pass and fired a slap shot from the left point that beat Greg Gardner just 30 seconds into the second period for the unassisted goal.

Austin Miller's hard work paid off on the penalty kill as he tallied a shorthanded goal at the 13:59 mark of the second period to give the Sea Wolves a 2-1 lead. Serge Kuznetsov and Cody Bowtell added the assists on the goal.

Mississippi took a two-goal lead to the second intermission as Cody Bowtell fired a puck off the crossbar that beat Sundberg at the 17:29 mark of the period. Jim Baxter and Kuznetsov added the assists on the goal.

The Kingfish cut the Mississippi lead to one at the 8:40 mark of the third period as Jason Norrie fired a rebound from the slot through a crowd in front of the Mississippi net that beat Gardner. Mike Oliveira and Mike Perna added the assists on the goal.

The Kingfish could get no closer as Niklas Sundberg made 20 saves for the Kingfish in the losing effort.

The Kingfish are back in action tomorrow when they battle the Jackson Bandits at the Fish Tank at 7:05 p.m. The Pensacola Ice Pilots come to town for a 4:05 p.m. showdown on Sunday at the Riverside Centroplex.



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