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Sea Wolves down Kingfish, 5-4

February 13, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Baton Rouge Kingfish News Release


Dave Paradise's hat-trick and four Sea Wolves' power play goals were too much to overcome as the Mississippi Sea Wolves downed the Kingfish, 5-4.

Paradise's blast from the high slot broke a scoreless tie at the 16:34 mark of the first period. Kent Davyduke and Mike Scott added the assists as they hooked up to find Paradise in the slot for the power play tally.

The Kingfish tied the game at one early in the second period on the power play as Mike Oliveira slipped the puck over Greg Gardner and inside the far post. Bryan Richardson slid the puck to Oliveira wide open along the goal line. The power play goal came at the 2:13 mark of the period.

Mississippi regained the lead on the power play as Paradise added his second goal of the game, again from the high slot, at the 7:02 mark of the period. Davyduke and Scott added the assists.

Paradise completed the hat-trick two minutes later as he pulled Niklas Sundberg out of his net and fired it past the goaltender on the power play. Steffon Walby added an assist as he found Paradise open in the slot.

Walby gave the Sea Wolves a 4-1 lead at the15:37 mark of the period as he hooked up with Davyduke and Scott on the power play. A wide-open Walby along the goal line buried the puck behind Sundberg for the tally.

Joe Guenther cut the lead back to two goals with just 55 seconds left in the period as he picked up a rebound off the back dasher and stuffed it past Gardner. Sam Paquet and Jason Norrie picked up the assists on the goal.

The Kingfish took the momentum into the third as Jason Norrie fired a shot out of a crowd camped in front of the Sea Wolves net past Gardner. Bryan Richardson picked up an assist on the goal at the 1:53 mark of the third.

Joe Guenther tied the game at four as he deflected a Mike Kiesman shot from the point past Gardner with 6:30 to play in the third. Jerry Gernander also picked up an assist on the goal.

The Sea Wolves used the power play to their advantage as Davyduke scored the game winner with 4:56 left in the third as he fired a shot that rolled up Sundberg's arm and into the net. Mike Scott and Walby added the assists on the goal.

For his sixth straight game, Niklas Sundberg made over 30 saves as he turned aside 41 Sea Wolves shots in the losing effort.

The Kingfish battle the Louisiana IceGators tomorrow at the Cajundome in Lafayette at 7:05 p.m. Catch all the action on Baton Rouge's Best R & B, 104.5 WZRB beginning with the Kingfish pre-game show at 6:50 p.m.



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