Sea Wolves king Checkers for first road win
December 1, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release
BILOXI, MS - The Mississippi Sea Wolves defeat the Charlotte Checkers by the score of 3-2 at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena on Saturday evening for their first road win of the 2007-08 season.
Charlotte's Blake Bellefeuille got the Checkers on the board with the first of his two goals of the evening coming off a one-time feed from Patrick Bordeleau at 11:16 of the second period. The Sea Wolves would answer back 1:58 later when Ryan Menei banged the rebound of a shot from Mark Rooneem past Charlotte goaltender Curtis Darling at 13:14 of the second. Gio Flamminio would give Mississippi a 2-1 lead on the power play when his blast from the right point beat Darling through traffic at 14:33 of the second. Bellefeuille would draw Charlotte even at 19:11 when he picked up the rebound of Chris Capraro's shot.
Radek Smolenak scored the third period's only goal, taking a pass from Kyle McAllister and beating Darling high to the glove side for the game-winner at 9:08 of the third period.
Mississippi was 1-for-3 on the man advantage, and Ryan Munce made 26 saves on 28 shots to earn the win.
The Sea Wolves next home game is December 28 against the Florida Everblades at 7:05 p.m. For tickets, stop by the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office, the Sea Wolves office located on the first level of the Coliseum, or call 228.275.WOLF!
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