Sea Wolves Weekly

March 24, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release


Last Week:

Friday, March 21 vs. Texas, 6-1 W

Stan Lascek scored two goals and added two assists and Morgan Cey made 28 saves as the Mississippi Sea Wolves became the first team to pin two regulation-time losses on the Texas Wildcatters in the 2007-08 season.

Texas out-shot Mississippi 11-5 through a scoreless first period. The Sea Wolves got out to a 1-0 lead when Stan Lascek found a loose puck at the right post and tapped it past Texas goalie Kris Tebbs at 13:32 of the second period. Three minutes and seven seconds later, Lascek took a feed from Gio Flamminio and fired from the left point for his second of the evening; a power-play goal at 16:39. A tic-tac-toe passing play on the man-advantage led to Jason Tejchma's 20th goal of the season at 17:29.

Mississippi kept the momentum alive coming out of the locker room, with Brandon Scero backhanding the puck over a diving Tebbs at 1:51 for a 4-0 lead. The goal chased Tebbs from the Wildcatters' net in favor of Jeff Pietrasiak. At 4:12 of the third period with Texas on the power play, Dwight Schultz fired a blaster from the point that eluded Morgan Cey to get Texas on the board.

Mark Hurtubise fired a wrist shot from the low slot for his 12th goal of the season at 7:22. Newly-signed Brandon Scero scored his first professional goal when Hurtubise found him open on the left post and he tapped the puck past a fooled Pietrasiak at 18:43.

The Sea Wolves were 4-for-7 on the power play, and Morgan Cey made 28 saves to earn the win.

Saturday, March 22 vs. Texas, 2-1 OTW

Gio Flamminio fired a bouncing puck past Texas goaltender Kris Tebbs to give the Mississippi Sea Wolves a 2-1 overtime win over the Texas Wildcatters and clinch a berth in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

Texas created a number of offensive chances in the first period, recording 28 shots on net. Up to the task was Sea Wolves goalie Ryan Munce, who made a season-high 28 saves in a single period, keeping the game scoreless.

After a scoreless second period that saw Mississippi create several scoring chances but fail to find the net, Colin Nicholson made a backhand wraparound move to give Texas a 1-0 lead at the 6:30 mark of the third period. Mississippi responded in a big way, notching their fifth power-play goal of the series when Jason Beeman fired the puck past Tebbs from the left side of the slot to tie the game at one-apiece and force overtime.

"Tonight it was a total team effort," said Sea Wolves head coach Steffon Walby. "Ryan Munce stole the show in the first period, keeping us alive, and then the guys buckled down and made a great effort and got rewarded for it."

With under one minute remaining in overtime, Mark Hurtubise took the puck in over the Texas blueline, carried to the right wing corner and passed to Ryan Menei, who fired into traffic. The puck then bounced to Gio Flamminio, who knocked it past Tebbs for the game-winner at 4:29 of the extra session.

Ryan Munce made 44 saves to earn the win, and the Sea Wolves were 1-for-5 on the power play.

Sunday, March 23 vs. Texas, 1-5 L

The Texas Wildcatters scored a power play goal in each of the game's three periods and added two even-strength goals as they defeated the Mississippi Sea Wolves 5-1 in the third game between the two teams in as many nights.

Kevin Baker's power-play goal at 9:03 of the first period gave Texas a 1-0 lead. The Wildcatters would add to the lead in the second period as John McNabb added a pair of goals, first at 11:14 even-strength, and then on the power play at 17:53 as Texas jumped ahead to a 3-0 lead.

Jason Tejchma scored the Sea Wolves only goal at the 19:59 mark of the second on the power play, poking the puck past Texas goalie Kris Tebbs as time wound down. After conferring, the officials ruled the play a goal, deciding the puck had crossed the goal line prior to time expiring.

The Wildcatters would add insurance goals at 7:16 of the third from Brandon Benedict and on the power play at 17:09 from Kevin Baker.

Mississippi was 1-for-3 on the power play and Morgan Cey made 41 saves to earn the loss.

Sea Wolves Active Leaders

Goals - Jason Tejchma, 22

Assists - Jason Tejchma, 37

Points - Jason Tejchma, 59

Plus/Minus -Pat Oliveto, +15

Penalty Minutes - Chris Cava, 145

Power-Play Goals - Jason Tejchma, 7

Shorthand Goals - Mark Rooneem, 3

Game-Winning Goals - Andy Contois, Kyle McAllister, 4

Goaltender Wins - Ryan Munce, 18

Goals-Against Average - Ryan Munce, 2.80

Save Percentage - Ryan Munce, .919

Sea Wolves Notebook

With the 6-1 win against Texas on Friday, Mississippi became the first team to pin a pair of regulation losses on Texas this season... The Sea Wolves are 4-8-1 against Texas this season, and have more wins against the Wildcatters than any other team in the ECHL... Jason Tejchma has seven goals and four assists vs. Texas this season... Wednesday marks Mississippi's last visit to the Carolina Coliseum... The Sea Wolves are 2-1-0 all-time at Columbia

On the Air

The next broadcast of Sea Wolves hockey is Wednesday when the Sea Wolves visit the Columbia Inferno, and will be heard on 1640-AM WTNI. The pre-game show will begin at 6:05 p.m! Games can also be heard on the B2 Networks and at www.msseawolves.com.



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