Sea Wolves Stuff Cottonmouths in the Shootout, 3-2
January 3, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release
BILOXI, Miss. â The Sea Wolves won their third straight game, all at home, slipping past the Columbus Cottonmouths in the shootout, 3-2.
Mississippi (23-11-3) opened the score on the power play at 12:09 of the first period.
At the side of the net, Cody Bowtell jammed in his 14th goal of the season, getting it by Mike Morrison.
Columbus (15-14-5) tied the score at 10:34 of the middle stanza. Jay Vancik netted his 5th goal of the year by beating Greg Gardner, tying the score 1-1.
In the third, Cottonmouths' John Morlang fed a pass up the middle to all-star J.J. Hunter. He waltzed in on a breakaway and lifted a shot over Gardner at 2:39. Hunter's 7th of the campaign, gave Columbus its first lead of the game, 2-1.
The Sea Wolves would get the equalizer at 12:05. Evangelista tucked a backhand just underneath the crossbar. It was Evangelista's 5th of the year, knotting the score 2-2.
The game remain deadlocked until the shootout. Hunter scored for Columbus. But Dave Paradise and Jim Baxter replied for Mississippi. Gardner stoned Andrew Long to preserve the Sea Wolves win.
The 11-game point streak (8g-9a) for Paradise ended, even though he scored in the shootout. The rules in the East Coast Hockey League state that no shootout goals count towards the statistics for an individual player.
Gardner made 38 saves on 40 shots, raising his record to 18-8-3. Morrison stopped 42 of 44, dropping to 5-9-5.
Mississippi went 1 for 2 on the power play. Columbus failed to convert on three chances with the man advantage.
The Sea Wolves complete their four-game homestand tonight at 7:35 p.m. against the Pensacola Ice Pilots at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
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