Miami Manatees Making Waves

January 2, 2004 - SPHL (SPHL)
Miami Manatees News Release


Tonight's Game: The Miami Manatees head on the road to Alabama for the first time to take on the Slammers at their home-rink. This will be the third meeting between the two teams, and the Manatees record against the Slammers is 1 shoot-out win and 1 overtime loss. The Slammers record in the last ten games in 5-4-1, while the Manatees 10 game record is 5-4-1.

Head to Head Numbers: Miami record: 3rd place in WHA2 (10-6-2) 22 pts Alabama record: 4th place in WHA2 (9-7-3) 21 pts Miami shots: 78 Alabama shots: 67

Miami goals for: 7 Goals

Alabama goals for: 7 Goals Leading scorer against Alabama: Oak Hewer, Eric Perricone, Kevin Swider (3 pts.) Leading scorer against Miami: Doug Lawrence (2G, 4A) Miami goalie records: Mark Gowan (1-0-1, 3.29 GAA, .896 S%) Alabama goalie records: James Ronayne (0-0-1, 2.77 GAA, .919 S%)

Frederick Beaubien (1-0-0) 2.87 GAA, .927 S%)

Saturday's Game: The Miami Manatees then head to Jacksonville to take on the Barracudas Saturday night. This will be the fifth meeting between the two teams, and the Manatees record against the Barracudas is 4 wins and 1 loss. In the last meeting, Mark Gowan made 40 saves, while Oak Hewer scored a season-high five points. Four of the Barracudas five losses this season has been to the Miami Manatees.

Head to Head Numbers: Miami record: 3rd place in WHA2 (10-6-2) 22 pts Jacksonville record: 2nd place in WHA2 (12-5-1) 25 pts Miami shots: 143 Jacksonville shots: 197

Miami goals for: 24 Goals

Jacksonville goals for: 14 Goals Leading scorer against Jacksonville: Oak Hewer (6G, 8A) Leading scorer against Miami: Mike Johnson (7A Miami goalie records: Sean Weaver (2-1-0, 3.00 GAA, .924 S%)

Mark Gowan (2-0-0) 2.50 GAA, . .937 S%

Jax goalie records: Nate Ziemski (1-0-0, 2.4 GAA, .909 S%)

Brandon Snee (0-3-0) 6.04 GAA, .808 S%)

Randy Hevey (0-1-0) 5.08 GAA, .800

Sunday's Game: The Manatees return home for a re-match against the Barracudas at the Miami Arena. Face-off time is 7:05. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or by visiting the Miami Arena box-office.

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