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Kingfish Weekly

November 11, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


Kingfish's Leaders: Clark Jones leads the Kingfish in scoring with 12 points off 6 goals and 6 assists. Wes Scanzano and Glenn Crawford are tied for second place with 10 points apiece. Scanzano pushed his total to 10 as he added a goal on Saturday against Pensacola, while Crawford added two assists on Sunday against Arkansas.

The Rookie Help: Wes Scanzano continues to pick up points here and there and is currently tied for 12th place among rookies in scoring with 10 points. Scanzano picked up another goal Saturday night in the Kingfish's 3-2 shootout loss vs. Pensacola.

Snap the Streak: The Kingfish broke their drought on the power play on Sunday. Baton Rouge had gone 0-28 on the power play in its previous five games. The Kingfish went 0-4 on their first four power play opportunities against the RiverBlades before converting on their last opportunity of the game. Forrest Gore broke the ‘goose egg' at the 8:43 mark of the third period. On October 31st, the Kingfish were in third place in the ECHL, converting on 25% of their power play opportunities. The Kingfish are currently in 17th place, converting on 17.2 % of their power play opportunities.

Throw Politeness out the Window: Kingfish defenseman Garnet Jacobson continues to add to his penalty minute total. He picked up 9 penalty minutes in Tuesday's loss vs. Columbia surpassing John Rempel's 246 minutes and moving him into fifth place for most penalty minutes as a Kingfish with 247. Jacobson has added to his mark and is currently 93 penalty minutes shy of fourth place behind Keith Bland (342).

Can't Slow Him Down: Kingfish defenseman Trevor Demmans is tied for 10th place among defensemen in scoring in the ECHL despite missing the past four games. Demmans sustained a lower leg injury on November 2nd at Jackson. Demmans has 9 points on 2 goals and 7 assists in just 10 games.

For the Record: Kingfish left wing Clark Jones is on pace to set a Kingfish single season record for most power play goals in a season. Through 14 games, Jones has tallied 4 power play goals and if he continues on that pace, he would finish the season with 21 power play goals. Mike Rucinski's 13 goals in the 2000-01 season is the most by a Kingfish in a single season.

Milestones: Kingfish forward Bryan Richardson needs just 5 assists for 100 as a Kingfish. He is currently 3rd for most assists as a Kingfish behind Cam Brown (158), and Jon Sturgis (101). 20 goals this season will give Richardson 100 goals as a Kingfish. Richardson is just 14 goals shy of the 100-goal plateau. Richardson is second only to Kingfish Head Coach Cam Brown (103) for goals scored as a Kingfish. Brown owns the franchise record with 139 goals.

Last Week's Games:

November 5, 2002 – Columbia 4, @ Baton Rouge 2

Columbia tallied all four of their goals on the power play to down the Kingfish on Tuesday. Columbia opened a 2-0 lead in the first period before Clark Jones scored his sixth goal of the season with a little less than 2 minutes left in the first period. Columbia took a 3-1 lead just 33 seconds into the middle stanza before Marquis Mathieu scored the Kingfish's 1st second period goal this season against a team other than the Jackson Bandits. The Kingfish could get no closer as Columbia added a third period goal for the two-goal lead.

November 9, 2002 – Pensacola 3, @ Baton Rouge 2 (so)

Pensacola jumped out to an 1-0 lead after the first period. The Kingfish answered 25 seconds into in the second on a goal by Jason Norrie to tie the game at 1-1. The Kingfish and Ice Pilots exchanged goals in the third period as Wes Scanzano scored the game-tying goals to send the contest to an extra session. Sam Paquet put the Kingfish up 1-0 in the shootout after the first round. Mike Vigilante and Greg Pankewicz gave the Ice Pilots the win in the shootout.

November 10, 2002 – Arkansas 4, @ Baton Rouge 3

Fog and a power outage couldn't cancel the contest as the RiverBlades scored two early third period goals to put the game out of reach. Arkansas opened a 1-0 lead after the first period of play. The Kingfish trailed 2-1 after two periods as each team traded goals. Jason Norrie tied the game up at 1-1 getting the Kingfish on the board in the second period. Arkansas added two early third period goals before Forrest Gore scored two goals to cut the lead to 4-3. Gore's first goal at the 8:43 mark broke the Kingfish's 0-fer power play streak. Delayed on two separate occasions due to fog and then a loss of power, the horn finally sounded at 8:04 p.m., four hours after the 4:05 p.m. opening faceoff.

This Week's Game:

Saturday, November 16, 2002, @ Jackson, 7:05 p.m. (www.sportsjuice.com)

Kingfish are 2-2-0 against the Bandits this season. Baton Rouge won the first two meeting of the season; Jackson has won the last two meetings. Kingfish are 5-26 on the power play against the Bandits this season, Jackson is 3-25 on the power play. Kingfish recorded a team high and league high 90 penalty minutes in the last meeting with the Bandits on 11/3. Kingfish also set a league high for goals in the second period with 6 on opening night.

Sunday, November 17, 2002, vs. Pensacola, 4:05 p.m. (104.5 WZRB)

Kingfish are 0-1-2 against the Ice Pilots this season. Both overtime contests this season have been against the Ice Pilots, a 2-1 overtime loss and a 3-2 shootout loss. The Kingfish's last win against the Ice Pilots was a 3-0 shutout in the Fish Tank back on February 9, 2002.

This Week's Practice Schedule:

All practices are open to the public unless otherwise specified, Please call to verify practice times.

Monday: 10 a.m. to 12 noon skate @ Centroplex

Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 12 noon skate @ Centroplex

Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 12 noon skate @ Centroplex

Thursday: 10 a.m. to 12 noon skate @ Centroplex

Friday: 10 a.m. to 12 noon skate @ Centroplex

Saturday: Game @ Jackson, 7:05 face off (Bus leaves approx. 1:30 p.m.)

Sunday: Game vs. Pensacola, 4:05 face off (pre game skate approx. 10 a.m.)

Around town: Join a handful of Kingfish players at the Albertson's on George O'Neal this Thursday, November 14th. The Kingfish will be signing autographs from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Skate with the Fish: It's a ‘Slap Shot Sunday' this weekend at the ‘Fish Tank'. Catch the Kingfish as they battle the Pensacola Ice Pilots on Sunday. Following the game, you can skate with your favorite Kingfish players. In addition, kids can get balloon art from Parker Originals while testing your hockey skills before the game.

Tiger Night: Sunday is also Tiger Night at the ‘Fish Tank' when the Pensacola Ice Pilots return to Baton Rouge. The Kingfish will be wearing special purple and gold tiger uniforms. Following the contest, the Kingfish will auction off the game worn jerseys.

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