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October 14, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


Opening night: Baton Rouge's 7-6 win on Friday was just the Kingfish's second opening night victory since the 1996-97 season. The Kingfish have never won more than two games in a row to open the season.

Retired: Before Friday's opener, the Kingfish retired their second jersey, Scott Humenick's #55. Humenick, who played for the Fish during the 1998-99, suffered a career-ending stroke during that season. Humenick has recovered and he and his wife live in Knoxville, TN.

Even Strength? The Kingfish have picked up more than half of their total goals in this young season on the power play. Of 13 goals scored, 7 have come on the power play. Baton Rouge went 4-10 on the man advantage on Friday against Jackson, 2-10 on Sunday against Mississippi and 1-11 on Sunday at Pensacola.

Slow Start: The Kingfish have fallen behind early in the first period in their first three games. Jackson jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first before the Kingfish picked up 6 second period goals en-route to the win. On Saturday, Mississippi also opened up a 3-0 lead and was able to hold onto the 3-2 win. In Pensacola Sunday, the Ice Pilots scored the first two goals and were able to hold on to the 5-4 win.

Coming on Strong: The Kingfish have picked up their goals in the second and third periods this past weekend. The Fish scored 6 in the second on Friday, tallied their only two in the third on Saturday, while Jerry Gernander picked up two in the final stanza on Sunday.

Do we need six? The Kingfish have tallied two shorthanded goals in three games. Glen Crawford scored the first shorthanded tally in Friday's win as he beat Jackson goaltender Adam Hauser. Jerry Gernander picked up the other on Sunday in Pensacola as he punched in a centering pass from a fore-checking Trevor Wasyluk.

Tripping! Glen Crawford was tripped up on a break away chance late in the first period on Sunday in Pensacola. The speedy forward was awarded a penalty shot instead of the Kingfish going on the power play. Crawford made the Ice Pilots pay the price as the buried the penalty shot behind Ice Pilot goaltender Brian Eklund at the 17:36 mark of the first period.

Last Week's Games:

October 11, 2002 – Baton Rouge 7, Jackson 6 – The Kingfish rallied from three goals down to come back and beat the Jackson Bandits on opening night. The Kingfish were carried on six second period goals including a shorthanded tally by Glen Crawford. Paxton Schafer made 26 saves for the Kingfish in the win

October 12, 2002 – Mississippi 3, Baton Rouge 2 – The Kingfish spotted the Sea Wolves three goals in the first two periods before adding two power play goals in the third. The Kingfish pulled Blair, who made 22 saves in the contest, in favor of an extra attacker late in the third, but could not push another past Gardner.

October 13, 2002 - @ Pensacola 5, Baton Rouge 4 – The Ice Pilots picked up two early first period power play goals that the Kingfish could not overcome. Glen Crawford tallied a goal on a penalty shot near the end of the first while Jerry Gernander picked up two in third, one shorthanded. Schafer made 26 saves in the losing effort.

This Week's Games:

Friday, October 18, 2002 - @ Jackson, 7:05 p.m. – The Kingfish beat the Bandits in their first meeting 7-6 on opening night. The Kingfish had Jackson's number last season going 7-2-0, with both losses coming in their first two meetings.

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - @ Louisiana, 7:05 p.m. – The first meeting between in-state rivals this season. Louisiana won both exhibition games two weekends ago, 5-4 and 2-1. Louisiana defeated Arkansas in a 6-5 in a shootout in its opener. The Kingfish went 3-8-1 last season against the Ice Gators with two wins coming in the Cajundome.

This Week's Kingfish Practice Schedule:

Monday: Day Off

Tuesday: off ice conditioning, video breakdown

Wednesday: In Lafayette @ the Hockeyplex – 12 noon

Thursday: In Lafayetter @ The Hockeyplex – 10:00 a.m.

Friday: @ Jackson, 7:05 p.m. Bus leaves approx ~ 1:30 p.m.

Saturday: @ Louisiana (Lafayette), 4:05 p.m. Bus leaves approx. ~ 12:30 p.m.

Sunday: Day Off

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