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Pee Dee Pride Weekly

March 28, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Myrtle Beach Thunderboltz News Release


LAST WEEK: Pee Dee went 0-3-1 on its trip through Louisiana and Texas, and is now officially eliminated from playoff contention. The Pride are 29-33-5 for 63 points and is in fifth place in the East Division.

Wednesday, March 23 @ Louisiana IceGators 2 PRIDE 1

After two-and-a-half scoreless periods, the Pride finally got on the scoreboard at the 12:29 mark of the final period as Allan Sirois tallied a power-play goal. The IceGators tied the game with a power-play goal of their own off of the stick of Jim Shepherd at the 16:36 mark. Just 28 seconds later, Louisiana netted the game-winner as Roger Leonard found the back of the net on a 2-on-1 rush. The Pride fell despite outshooting the IceGators 38-26.

Friday, March 25 @ Texas Wildcatters 3 PRIDE 1

After a scoreless first period, Texas scored the game's first goal just 10 seconds into the second period as Mark Gianetti netted a power-play goal. The Wildcatters added two more goals as Nick Field scored his first professional goal at 5:54 and Ty Hennes lit the lamp at 13:50. Pee Dee got on the scoreboard just two minutes later on a Kyle Kidney score, but that would be as close as the Pride would get, despite firing off 40 shots on goal.

Saturday, March 26 @ Texas Wildcatters 3 PRIDE 2

Pee Dee got the scoring started 14:42 into the contest on Gregg Johnson's 23rd goal of the season. Texas came back exactly two minutes later to tie the game on a Ryan Fultz tally. Fultz added his second of the night with 47 seconds left in the second period to make it 2-1 Wildcatters after two. Johnson's second of the night 5:47 into the third tied the game, but Fultz completed the hat trick less than two minutes later to set the final. The Pride outshot the Wildcatters 50-35, but again were only able to manage two goals.

Sunday, March 27 @ Louisiana IceGators 4 PRIDE 3 (OT)

The Pride scored a pair of first-period goals off of the sticks of Kyle Kidney and Noah Whyte, and then added another tally early in the second from Gregg Johnson. Louisiana got on the board midway through the second as Joe Dustin took advantage of a lucky bounce off of the end boards to beat Nick Boucher. The IceGators pulled within one nine minutes into the final period, and then tied the game at 12:35 with a power-play marker. Jade Galbraith netted the game-winner for Louisiana just 1:37 into the overtime period to give the IceGators the win.

THIS WEEKS' GAMES

Friday, April 1 @ Columbia 7:00 p.m. Coverage on WDAR Sunny 105.5 at 6:40

The Pride and Inferno meet for the ninth of 10 times this season and for the final time in Columbia. Pee Dee is 4-4-0 against Columbia this season, and 0-4-0 at the Carolina Coliseum. The Pride are just 3-11-2 all-time at Columbia. The Inferno enter the week in first place in the East Division with a record of 35-18-11 for 81 points.

Saturday, April 2 v. Columbia 7:30 p.m. at the Lion's Den

Final meeting of the season between the Pride and Inferno. Pee Dee is 4-0-0 against Columbia at the Lion's Den this season.

Sunday, April 3 v. Gwinnett 2:30 p.m. at the Lion's Den

Pee Dee takes on Gwinnett for the fourth and final time this season. The Pride are 0-3-0 against the Gladiators this season, and are 2-6-1 all-time. Gwinnett enters the week with a record of 35-23-8 for 78 points and is tied with Mississippi for third place in the South Division.

PROMOTIONS: The final Sunday Kids' Day of the regular season. Kids 12 and under can purchase a 200 or 400 level seat for just $2.50, and kids' meals will be available for an additional $2.50. Following the game, the Pride players will be available for a special autograph session on the concourse. This autograph session will take the place of the canceled Skate with the Pride session.

PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY

Wednesday, March 30

Players will be appearing at Smoothie King, located at 2115 West Evans Street, from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

PRIDE NOTES

- Pee Dee is winless in its last 16 road games, going 0-14-2 away from the Florence Civic Center over that span. The 16-game road winless streak is tied with the 1995-96 Johnstown Chiefs for the fourth-longest streak in ECHL history.

- The Pride had at least 38 shots on goal in each of their four games last week, racking up a total of 168 shots in the four games. Pee Dee averaged 42 shots on goal in the four games last week, but scored a total of just seven goals in those games, a shooting percentage of 4.1%.

- Gregg Johnson is tied for fourth among ECHL rookies with 58 points this season.

PRIDE LEADERS

Goals G. Johnson 25

Assists G. Johnson 33

Points G. Johnson 58

+/- Kindle +9

Penalty Minutes Douville 294

Shots G. Johnson 228

Power-Play Goals Green/Sirois 7

Shorthanded Goals Mullen/G. Johnson 2

Game-Winning Goals Kidney/G. Johnson 4

JERSEY AUCTION

The Pride will hold their end-of-season jersey auction on Tuesday, April 5 at Sandy Bottoms, located at 705 S. Irby St. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m. for food and drink specials, and the live auction of both the black and white Pride jerseys will start at 7:00 p.m.

PRIDE ON THE AIR

All Pride away games can be heard on WDAR Sunny 105.5 FM and on-line at www.peedeepride.com with the Voice of the Pride, Joe Babik. Each broadcast begins 20 minutes prior to faceoff with the Palmetto Chiropractic Pre-Game Show.

PRIDE TICKETS

Tickets for all Pride home games can be purchased at the Florence Civic Center Box Office (10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday; through the second period on game nights), all TicketMaster outlets, by phone at (843) 679-9333 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. In addition, group tickets are now available for all Pride home games. Groups of 15 or more receive $3 off either 200 or 400 level tickets, have their name announced over the PA system and printed in the game-day program, and are eligible to win prizes in a group-exclusive raffle. For more information, or to purchase your tickets, call the Pride at (843) 669-7825.

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