Sea Wolves down Fish 4-1
October 27, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release
The Baton Rouge Kingfish jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on the Mississippi Sea Wolves but could not hold on to the lead as they fell 4-1 in Mississippi.
Clark Jones gave the Kingfish the 1-0 lead on the power play as he beat Greg Gardner at the 11:24 mark of the first period. Ryan Trsek took a pass from Wes Scanzano to set up Jones on the power play.
Mississippi cut into the Kingfish lead on the power play at the 4:34 mark of the second as Jim Baxter beat Jeff Blair to tie the game at 1-1. Cody Botwell and Steffon Walby added the assists.
Mississippi took a 2-1 lead to the locker room after two periods as Cody Botwell beat Blair for the Sea Wolves only even strength goal of the contest. Jason Crain and Josh Bennett added the assists.
Mississippi opened up a two-goal lead in the third as Botwell added his second of the night at the 3:39 mark of the third period. Darryl Campbell and Walby added the assists on the power play goal.
Steffon Walby gave the Sea Wolves the 4-1 lead as the shot beat Blair with just 50 seconds remaining in the third period to ice the contest. Baxter and Dave Paradise added the assists.
Jeff Blair falls to 1-3-0 on the season as he made 28 saves in the losing effort for the Kingfish.
Special teams played a big role in the contest as Mississippi went 3-6 on the man advantage while the only Baton Rouge goal came on the power play.
The Kingfish travel to Pensacola to battle the Ice Pilots on Friday. Catch all the action on Baton Rouge's best R&B, 104.5 WZRB beginning with the Kingfish pregame show at 6:50 p.m.
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