Pilots Fly by Gators 7-4
January 7, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Louisiana IceGators News Release
Pensacola, FL For the 2nd game in a row, the Louisiana IceGators gave up 7 goals in a game, falling to the Pensacola Ice Pilots 7-4 in "The Hangar" on Friday night.
A wild first period resulted in 7 total goals as Pensacola led 4-3 after the first 20 minutes. Mark Rooneem (3) opened the scoring at 2:37 as his wrist shot from the left circle beat Frederic Cloutier for the early lead. The Ice Pilots responded with two goals 13 seconds apart as Aaron Phillips (3) scored off a turnover at 3:57, followed at 4:10 by a Ryan Vince (8) wrist shot to give the lead to the home team. At 11:28 Cam Keith (8) increased the Pilots' lead to 3-1. The Gators struck back at 14:32 as rookie Roger Leonard slammed home a rebound for his 2nd of the season and a 3-2 deficit. Just 27 seconds later, at 14:59, David Bararuk tied the score at 3 with a wrist shot from the slot, high over the blocker of Cloutier for his 9th of the year. The Pilots closed out the scoring when Chris St. Jacques (6) scored on a rebound at 16:03 to give Pensacola a one goal lead. The Ice Pilots out shot the Gators 20-12.
Pensacola increased the lead to 6-3 on 2nd period goals by Jordan Krestanovich (9) and Alex Materukhin (6.) Krestanovich scoring on a power play at 10:33 and Materukhin scoring his first as an Ice Pilot at 18:30.
The two teams traded power play goals in the 3rd period, as Randy Dagenais (7) tallied for the Gators and Tyler Beechey (16) countered for the Pilots who win by a final of 7-4. Louisiana falls to 14-14-3 and 5th place in the South. The Gators were outshot 42-39, power plays were 1-5 for the Gators and 2-6 for the Ice Pilots. The Gators and Pilots will hook up again tomorrow night at 7:05pm in Pensacola.
Coming Up At Home
Friday, January 14, 2005 NASCAR Night, Gators vs. Sea Wolves 7:05pm:
The ONLY home game of the month in on January 14, when the Gators host the Mississippi Sea Wolves on NASCAR night. Dale Earhardt Jr's #8 race car will be on display during the game. Pictures can be taken with the car for $10, net proceeds to benefit St. Jude's hospital. The Gators will be wearing special "NASCAR" jerseys which will auctioned off after the game. For ticket information call the IceGators office at (337) 234-4423.
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