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Kingfish Win 3-1 over SeaWolves

November 24, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


Mike Kiesman picked up the game winner 16:52 into the second period as Jeff Blair made 33 saves for the Kingfish as they snapped an 11 game winless streak with a 3-1 win over the Mississippi Sea Wolves.

For the second straight game, the Kingfish tallied the first goal of the contest, this time, Sam Paquet found the loose puck in a scrum in front of the Mississippi net and punched it past Sean Matile to give the Kingfish a 1-0 lead at the 13:44 mark of the opening period. Mike Kiesman and Ryan Trsek added assists on the goal.

Mississippi knotted the game at 1 as Dwayne Blais pushed a wrap around past Jeff Blair at the 14:17 mark of the period. Mike Scott fed Blais who had the puck knocked off his stick as he beat an out of position Blair on a second effort.

The Sea Wolves' lead didn't last long as Kiesman redeemed himself on the power play at the 16:52 mark of the second period of play to give the Kingfish a 2-1 lead. Moments earlier, Kiesman was wide open in the low part of the faceoff circle and put the puck off the crossbar. This time, Kiesman found the back of the net as he picked up a rebound off a Jason Norrie shot and buried the puck behind Matile. Trevor Demmans set up the goal as the dumped the puck in and it took a Kingfish bounce off the glass and came right to a waiting Norrie in the faceoff circle.

The Kingfish capitalized on a 5-on-3 opportunity as Norrie deflected a Trevor Demmans shot from the high slot past Matile to give the Kingfish the 3-1 lead at the 4:47 mark of the third period of play. Glen Crawford also added an assist on the goal.

The Kingfish used special teams to their advantage as they went 2-for-9 on the power play while Mississippi could not convert on any of their 6 power plays.

With the win the Kingfish snap a team high 11 game winless streak while upping their record to 4-13-3 on the season.

The Kingfish make another trip to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Thursday to battle the Sea Wolves at 7:05 p.m. Catch the Kingfish pregame show on Baton Rouge's Best R&B, 104.5 WZRB beginning at 6:50 p.m.

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