Miami Manatees Making Waves

January 8, 2004 - SPHL (SPHL)
Miami Manatees News Release


This Weekend: The Miami Manatees head back out on the road for three games in three nights. The Manatees will take on the Slammers on back-to-back nights this Friday and Saturday. This will be the fourth and fifth meetings between the two teams, and the Manatees record against the Slammers is 1-1-1. The Slammers record in the last ten games in 6-2-1, while the Manatees 10 game record is 5-3-2.

Head to Head Numbers:

Miami record: 4th place in WHA2 (10-8-3) 23 pts
Alabama record: 3rd place in WHA2 (11-7-3) 25 pts
Miami shots: 108
Alabama shots: 95


Miami goals for: 10 Goals


Alabama goals for: 12 Goals
Leading scorer against Alabama: Oak Hewer, Kevin Swider (4 pts each.)
Leading scorer against Miami: Doug Lawrence (2G, 6A)
Miami goalie records: Mark Gowan (1-1-1, 3.84 GAA, .874 S%)
Alabama goalie records: James Ronayne (0-0-1, 2.77 GAA, .919 S%)

Frederick Beaubien (2-0-0) 2.93 GAA, .915 S%)

Sunday's Game: The Miami Manatees then head to Jacksonville to take on the Barracudas Sunday night. This will be the seventh meeting between the two teams, and the Manatees record against the Barracudas is 4 wins, 2 losses, and a shoot-out loss. The Barracudas record in the last 10 games is 6-3-1.

Head to Head Numbers: Miami record: 4th place in WHA2 (10-8-3) 23 pts Jacksonville record: 1st place in WHA2 (16-5-1) 33 pts Miami shots: 216 Jacksonville shots: 269

Miami goals for: 31 Goals

Jacksonville goals for: 24 Goals Leading scorer against Jacksonville: Oak Hewer (6G, 8A), Kevin Swider (3G, 11A) Leading scorer against Miami: Mike Johnson (10A) Miami goalie records: Sean Weaver (2-1-1, 3.18 GAA, .915 S%)

Mark Gowan (2-1-0) 3.35 GAA, .913 S%

Jax goalie records: Randy Hevey (2-1-0) 3.91 GAA, .878

Big Weekend: The Manatees return home for a six-game home stand from Jan 16th to Jan 25th. Jan 17th is guaranteed win night! If the Manatees don't win, all fans in attendance will get a free ticket to the game on Sunday, Jan. 18th.

Sunday Changes: Please remember that all Sunday games now start at 5:00PM

Unbeatable Ticket Deal: For only $25, Manatee fans can get four hot dogs, four sodas, and four tickets to exciting Manatees action. Just go to the Miami Arena box office and ask for the 4 for $25 deal.



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