Sea Wolves Skate Past Ice Pilots, 4-1
December 12, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release
PENSACOLA, Fla. â The Mississippi Sea Wolves scored three power play goals to power past the Pensacola Ice Pilots, 4-1. The Sea Wolves remain in second place in the Southwest Division, pulling to within one point of first place Louisiana.
Pensacola (12-7-4) opened the score at 19:26 mark of the first. Ice Pilots' Gaetan Royer let go with a turnaround shot in traffic, which eluded goaltender Greg Gardner. Royer's 5th of the year, made it 1-0 for Pensacola.
Mississippi (16-9-2) responded in the middle stanza at 5:53 on the power play. Sea Wolves Jim Baxter fired a shot from the right point, Cody Bowtell re-directed the puck past Maxime Gingras. Bowtell's 10th of the year, tied the score 1-1.
At 10:05 of the second period, the Sea Wolves grabbed the lead by scoring another goal with the man advantage. Travis Lisabeth converted on pass from Baxter. Lisabeth's 9th of the year, made it 2-1 Mississippi.
At the end of the second, Ice Pilots' Greg Pankewicz was assessed a two-minute minor penalty for crosschecking.
Just 10 seconds into the third, Kent Davyduke made Pensacola pay. The rookie ripped a one-timer from the right circle past Gingras. Davyduke's second goal in as many games and 9th of the year, gave Mississippi a 3-1 lead.
Sea Wolves' Bowtell would round out the score, tallying an empty-net goal at 19:25.
Gardner turned away 34 of 35 Pensacola shots, improving his record 13-7-2. Gingras stopped 21, falling to 9-6-4.
Mississippi went 3 for 6 on the power play. Pensacola went 0 for 7 with the man advantage.
The Sea Wolves continue their four-game road trip tonight at 7:05 p.m. at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. Listen live to Sea Wolves play-by-play hockey action on Q 92.5 FM or across the internet at www.MsSeaWolves.com through the organization's partnership with www.SportsJuice.com.
The next Sea Wolves home game is Friday, December 20 at 7:35 p.m. against the Louisiana IceGators.
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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