Sea Wolves Weekly
December 17, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release
Biloxi, MS - The Mississippi Sea Wolves took three-of-four points from Pensacola this weekend, earning a 4-3 overtime loss on Friday evening and a 1-0 win on Sunday.
THIS WEEK:
Day-by-day:
Monday: Off-Ice Practice, Mississippi Coast Coliseum, 10:00 a.m. CT
Tuesday: Off-Ice Practice, Mississippi Coast Coliseum, 10:00 a.m. CT
Wednesday: Practice, Lafayette, LA
Thurday: Sea Wolves @ Texas, 10:00 AM CT (1640-AM WTNI)
Friday: Sea Wolves @ Texas, 7:30 CT (1640-AM WTNI)
Saturday: Sea Wolves @ Texas, 7:05 CT (1640-AM WTNI)
Sunday: Off
Last Week:
Friday, December 14 @ Pensacola, 4-3 OTL
The Pensacola Ice Pilots defeated the Mississippi Sea Wolves (7-15-2) in overtime on Friday evening at the Pensacola Civic Center by a score of 4-3.
Penscaola got on the board at the 8:02 mark of the first period when Eric Fabian found a loose puck and banged it past Morgan Cey on the power-play. Mississippi clawed even 57 seconds later when Brett Angel scored his first ECHL goal when he found the rebound of a wraparound try by Stanislav Lascek and put it past Pensacola's Cam Ellsworth at 8:59.
The Sea Wolves took the lead early in the second period when Mark Rooneem found the rebound of a shot from Chris Cava with Mississippi on the man-advantage at the 3:50 mark. Pensacola evened the score on the power-play when Mike Sgroi's pass found Luke Erickson uncovered at the back door at 6:37. Mississippi retook the lead when Ellsworth's attempted sweep-check of Mark Rooneem directed the puck to Lance Monych, who fired it into the net for his 11th goal of the season at 9:40. The Ice Pilots would even the score when Sgroi charged in and banged home the rebound of Erickson's shot at the 18:42 mark of the second.
After a scoreless third period, the Sea Wolves found themselves shorthanded in overtime when Travis Lisabeth took at hooking penalty at 1:38. Four seconds later, Pensacola's Joel Stepp took a slashing minor that saw the teams skate three-aside until Bryan Esner took advantage of a Mississippi giveaway, raced down one-on-one against Mark Hurtubise and tucked the puck past Cey for the win at 2:04 of overtime.
Mississippi was 1-for-8 on the power play, and Morgan Cey made 36 saves earning an overtime loss.
Saturday, December 8 @ Augusta, 0-3 L
Ryan Munce made 39 saves to make Chris Cava's 1st period power-play goal stand as the winner as the Mississippi Sea Wolves beat the Pensacola Ice Pilots 1-0 at the Pensacola Civic Center.
Mississippi scored the lone goal of the game, a power-play goal at 4:06 of the first period when Chris Cava one-timed a feed from Gio Flamminio past Pensacola's Cam Ellsworth.
The Sea Wolves killed eight Pensacola power plays, including four in the third period, while Ryan Munce made 30 of his 39 saves over the last two periods of play.
Sea Wolves Leaders
Goals - Lance Monych, 11
Assists - Mark Hurtubise, 12
Points - Mark Hurtubise, Lance Monych, 16
Plus/Minus - Gio Flamminio, +6
Penalty Minutes - Brandon Elliott, 55
Power-Play Goals - Lance Monych, 6
Shorthand Goals - Mark Rooneem, Mark Hurtubise, 1
Game-Winning Goals - Mark Hurtubise, 2
Goaltender Wins - Morgan Cey, Ryan Munce, 4
Goals-Against Average - Ryan Munce, 2.63
Save Percentage - Ryan Munce, .925
Coaches' Show
Join Leif Skodnick and Steffon Walby for the Sea Wolves Coaches' Show from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night at the all-new Beef O'Brady's Family Sports Pub located at 10100 Highway 49, just north of I-10 in Gulfport!
On the Air
The next broadcast of Sea Wolves hockey is Thursday, December 20 when the Sea Wolves visit the Texas Wildcatters, and will be heard on 1640-AM WTNI. The pre-game show will begin at 9:35 a.m! Games can also be heard on the B2 Networks and at www.msseawolves.com.
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