Sea Wolves in 'Paradise' with win over Kingfish, 5-4
February 13, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release
BATON ROUGE, La. â Mississippi veteran Dave Paradise scored his first hat trick of the season to lead Mississippi past Baton Rouge, 5-4 at the Riverside Centroplex.
With the win, the Sea Wolves hold down second place in the Southwest Division with 64 points.
Mississippi also clinched the battle for the Coca-Cola Cup, with a 14 points to 2 lead over Baton Rouge. There are three head-to-head meetings remaining and the Sea Wolves will be presented with the inaugural Coca-Cola Cup in the final game of the season series on March 25 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
The Sea Wolves (30-19-4) opened the score on the power play at 16:34. Paradise hammered a slap shot from the slot past Niklas Sundberg. The goal for Paradise was his 27th of the season.
In the second, Baton Rouge (14-30-9) bounced back on the power play. Mike Oliveira slipped the puck past Greg Gardner from a sharp angle at the side. Oliveira's 11th of the campaign, tied the score 1-1.
Paradise went back to work again for Mississippi with the man advantage. Paradise buried his second goal of the night from the slot at 7:02.
Just over two minutes later, Sea Wolves' Steffon Walby sent a centering pass onto the stick of Paradise for his hat trick goal and 29th of the year, making it 3-1 for Mississippi. The assist for Walby, was his 500th career point over his 10-year pro career.
The Sea Wolves continued to be lethal with the man advantage. Walby set a team record by notching his 15th power play goal of the year and 32nd marker overall, making it 4-1 for Mississippi.
Baton Rouge battled back with three straight goals including a pair from rookie from Joe Guenther and one by veteran Jason Norrie to tie the score 4-4.
But the Sea Wolves connected on a season-high four power play goals, as rookie Kent Davyduke lifted a shot over the left shoulder of Sundberg for the game-winner at 15:04.
Rookie Mike Scott collected his fourth assist of the night, all on the power play.
Gardner turned away 36-of-40 to raise his record to 22-14-4. Sundberg stopped 41-of-46, dropping to 12-12-2 on the season.
Mississippi went 4-for-9 on the power play. Baton Rouge converted on 1-of-4 chances with the man advantage.
Mississippi continues its road swing on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at Arkansas. There will be no broadcast of the game due to a prior commitment on the Sea Wolves flagship radio station Q 92.5 FM. Action will return to the airwaves on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. against the Louisiana IceGators at the Cajundome in Lafayette.
The Sea Wolves faceoff against Kids Cancer at the next home game on Sunday, February 23 at 5:05 p.m. as against the Pensacola Ice Pilots at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Purchase your commemorative t-shirt for $15. The t-shirt gets you into the game and the postgame party and jersey auction at Grand Casino Biloxi Bayview Ballroom.
Individual game tickets are available at all TicketMaster locations, the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office and by calling 228-594-3707.
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