RiverBlades Clip Kingfish, 2-1

March 30, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


The Arkansas RiverBlades used two first period goals and 32 saves from Scott Fankhouser to slip past the Baton Rouge Kingfish, 2-1 in the 2002-03 season finale for both teams.

Matt Pagnutti gave the RiverBlades a 2-1 lead 29 seconds into the first period as he fired a laser over Jeff Blair's shoulder from the left point. Aaron Davis and Terry Marchant picked up the assists on the goal.

Arkansas took a 2-0 lead before the end of the first as Buddy Smith beat Blair on a power play to add to his ECHL scoring lead, pushing his point total to 104 on the season. Pagnutti and Dean Stock added the assists on the goal at the 18:50 mark of the opening period.

Alexandre Burrows cut the RiverBlades lead in half as he lifted a backhand over the shoulder of Fankhouser just 2:47 into the third period. Mike Renzi and Mike Kiesman picked up the assists on the delayed penalty goal.

Jeff Blair made 25 saves for the Kingfish and finished the season with a 5-26-5 record. Baton Rouge out shot Arkansas 33-27 while going 0-8 on the power play.

The Kingfish finish the season with a 20-43-9 record for 49 points and a sixth place finish in the ECHL's Southwest division.



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