Sea Wolves Weekly

March 31, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release


Biloxi, MS - The Mississippi Sea Wolves went 1-3-0 last week, losing 8-3 at Columbia on Wednesday, 6-1 at South Carolina on Friday, winning 6-5 in a shootout at Augusta on Saturday

THIS WEEK:

Day-by-day:

Monday: Off

Tuesday: Off

Wednesday: Practice, Mississippi Coast Coliseum, 10:00 a.m.

Sea Wolves Hockey Show, Beef O'Brady's, 368 Sangani Blvd., D'Iberville, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday: Practice, Mississippi Coast Coliseum, 10:00 a.m.

Friday: Morning Skate, Mississippi Coast Coliseum, 10:00 a.m. CDT

Sea Wolves vs. Pensacola, 7:05 p.m. CDT (1640-AM/1490-AM)

Saturday: Morning Skate, Mississippi Coast Coliseum, 10:00 a.m. CST

Sea Wolves @ Pensacola, 7:05 p.m. CDT (1640-AM/1490-AM)

Sunday: Off

Last Week:

Wednesday, March 26 @ Columbia, 3-8 L

Ryan Menei's Power-play goal 7:30 into the first period gave the Mississippi Sea Wolves a 1-0 lead, but the Columbia Inferno came from behind, scoring three power-play goals and a shorthand goal as they rallied to an 8-3 win.

Menei banged home the rebound of a shot from Matt Deschamps to give the Sea Wolves a 1-0 lead early in the first period on the power-play. With Mississippi again on the power-play, Columbia's Jeff Miles picked off a point-to-point pass and broke down the ice alone, went to the backhand, and tucked the puck behind Morgan Cey to even the score at one apiece. Jeremy Hall would find the rebound of Steve McJannet's shot to give Columbia a 2-1 lead heading into the first intermission.

Reid Cashman hammered home a rebound just 3:41 into the second period, gincreasing Columbia's lead to two, but then Gio Flamminio cut the lead back to one when his blast from the point found the back of the net through traffic at 8:31. Jeff Miles and Eric Lundberg would add power-play goals at 9:37 and 12:39, respectively, and Daniel Sparre fired a feed from his brother Kris past Cey to give the Inferno a 6-3 lead going into the locker rooms.

Jason Beeman drew Mississippi within two with a power-play goal at 3:21 of the third, but it wouldn't be enough, as Columbia would add insurance goals from Dan Glover at 11:45 and Mac Faulkner at 12:51 to roll to an 8-3 victory.

Mississippi was 2-for-7 on the power play, and Morgan Cey made 39 saves on 47 shots, taking the loss.

Friday, March 28 @ South Carolina, 1-6 L

A long-side shot by Ryan Menei on a give-and-go with Mark Rooneem gave the Mississippi Sea Wolves a 1-0 lead less than eight minutes into the game, but it was the South Carolina Stingrays who owned the final 52 minutes of the game as they scored six unanswered goals to defeat Mississippi by the score of 6-1 at the North Charleston Coliseum on Friday night.

Breaking in two-on-one on a odd-man rush, Menei passed to Rooneem, who then gave the puck back to Menei, and the rookie forward fired it past South Carolina goalie Josh Johnson to give Mississippi a 1-0 lead at the 7:11 mark of the first period. South Carolina would even the score at one-apiece when Matt Smith took a pass from Chris Chaput and beat Mississippi's Morgan Cey high to the stick side on the power play at 12:04 of the first period.

South Carolina took a 2-1 lead when referee David Jones ruled that a shot by South Carolina's Ben Nelson crossed the goal line as the net was knocked off the moorings at the 16:37 mark of the second period. Travis Morin would stake the Stingrays to a 3-1 lead when Rory Rawlyk found him open in the low slot from behind the goal line and he put the puck past Cey on the blocker side at 19:50 of the second frame.

The Stingrays would continue to roll through the third period, with Matt Smith adding his second of the game at 5:37, Matt Scherer picking up his 11th goal of the season at 7:01, and Todd Griffith breaking in on Cey and tucking the puck past him on the stick side at the 15:00 mark.

The Sea Wolves were 0-for-6 on the power play, and Morgan Cey made 25 saves taking the loss. John Hallas made one save in five minutes of relief work.

Saturday, March 29 @ Augusta, 6-5 SOW

Down 5-2 early in the third period, the Mississippi Sea Wolves roared back behind goals from Brandon Scero, Ryan Menei, and Andy Contois to tie the game at five, enabling Chase Trull and Jason Tejchma to score in the shootout to win the game 6-5 for Mississippi.

The Sea Wolves jumped out to an early lead when Torry Gajda found the back of the net at 7:36 of the first period, banging home the rebound of a shot from Chase Trull. Augusta would tie the game when Chase Watson score on the power-play at 12:51, but then Andy Contois regained the lead for Mississippi when he broke down the ice with the Sea Wolves shorthanded and bounced the puck of the back of Augusta goaltender J.P. LeVasseur at 18:01.

The second period belonged to Augusta as Travis Fuller score his first goal of the game at 2:57, picking up the rebound of Adrian Veideman's shot off of the endboards and popping it past Sea Wolves netminder Morgan Cey. At 10:41, Fuller picked up his second of the game when he redirected Ryan Dingle's centering pass into the net to give Augusta a 3-2.

Just 2:09 into the third period, Bobby Bolt finished Matt Auffrey's rebound to give the Lynx a 4-2 lead. At 3:26, Augusta increased their lead to 5-2 when Shane Hynes notched his fifth of the year and chased Morgan Cey from the net in favor of rookie John Hallas.

Brandon Scero drew Missisisppi within two when he broke down the right wing and fired the puck past LeVasseur at 5:25. Ryan Menei took a pass from Chase Trull and fired it past LeVasseur to pull the Sea Wolves within one at 11:04 of the third. The comeback was completed when Andy Contois poked a puck out from underneath LeVasseur on the power play to draw the game even at five at 12:29.

The game remained tied through overtime, with Hallas making six saves in the extra session to keep the Sea Wolves alive into a shootout. Chase Trull ripped a wrister past LeVasseur in the first round of the shootout, while Jason Tejchma did the same in the final round, and Hallas stopped all four shooters to earn his first professional win.

The Sea Wolves were 1-for-5 on the power play. Morgan Cey made 26 saves on 31 shots earning no decision, while John Hallas made nine saves on nine shots.

Sunday, March 30, 2008 @ Pensacola, 1-2 L

A brief offensive flurry in the second period that saw the Pensacola Ice Pilots score two power-play goals 33 seconds apart was enough to propel Pensacola to a 2-1 victory over the Mississippi Sea Wolves at the Pensacola Civic Center on Sunday evening.

After both teams played a tentative, punch-and-counterpunch first period that saw few shots and fewer offensive chances for each side, Pensacola got their offense going midway through the second period when Gio Flamminio took a hooking minor at 9:07 and Matt Deschamps took a slashing minor at 9:53, giving the Ice Pilots a five-on-three power play. Thirty seconds into the two-man advantage, Adam Hobson poked a rebound past Sea Wolves goaltender Ryan Munce in a goalmouth frenzy to give Pensacola a 1-0 lead at 10:27 of the second period. The Ice Pilots remained on the power play, with Bryan Pouliot staking Pensacola to a 2-0 lead with a shot from the right circle that beat Munce on the stick side at the 11-minute mark.

Mississippi's lone goal came at the 10:57 mark of the third period when Torry Gajda broke down the ice two-on-one with Mark Hurtubise. Gajda dished the puck cross-ice to Hurtubise, who ripped a shot past Brodeur on the stick side for his 13th goal of the season.

Ryan Munce, who was reassigned from the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League earlier in the day, made 22 saves on 24 shots, earning the loss, and the Sea Wolves power play was 0-for-4.

Sea Wolves Active Leaders

Goals - Jason Tejchma, Ryan Menei, 22 Assists - Jason Tejchma, 37 Points - Jason Tejchma, 59 Plus/Minus -Pat Oliveto, +10 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, 2.78 Save Percentage - Ryan Munce, .919

Sea Wolves Notebook

Mississippi was outscored 21-10 on this past week's roadtrip...John Hallas earned his first professional win on Saturday at Augusta, on Monday, he was back in class at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y... Hallas and Chase Trull were college teammates at St. Lawrence, Sea Wolves radio broadcaster Leif Skodnick also graduated from S.L.U.... Andy Contois had his first multi-goal game in a Sea Wolves uniform, a two-goal effort (1shg, 1ppg) at Augusta on Saturday.

Sea Wolves Hockey Show

The Sea Wolves hockey show is back on the air Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. from Beef O'Brady's in D'Iberville. Join Leif Skodnick, Steffon Walby, and special guests to talk about the Sea Wolves drive for the Kelly Cup Playoffs! If you can't make it out there, be sure to listen on 1640-AM WTNI.

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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