Sea Wolves Weekly

Published on March 23, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release


Biloxi, MS - The Mississippi Sea Wolves went 0-2-1 this past week, falling to South Carolina 3-0 on Friday, 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, and 4-2 on Sunday.

THIS WEEK:

Day-by-day:

Monday: Off

Tuesday: Practice, Mississippi Coast Coliseum, 8:00 a.m.

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

Thurday: Practice, Charlotte, NC, 12:00 p.m.

Friday: Morning Skate, Time Warner Cable Arena, 10:15 a.m.

Sea Wolves @ Charlotte, 6:05 p.m. CT

Saturday: Off

Sunday: Sea Wolves @ South Carolina, 4:05 p.m. CT

Last Week:

Friday, March 20 vs. South Carolina, 0-3 L

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - Despite a spectacular 32-save performance by Ryan Munce, including several improbable saves in the second period, the South Carolina Stingrays defeated the Mississippi Sea Wolves 3-0 behind two goals from Travis Morin and a 29-save performance by James Reimer, who recorded his second consecutive shutout.

South Carolina took the lead at 9:07 of the first period when Morin found a loose puck in the low slot and shot it over Munce, who had been felled in the crease by furious action in front of the net seconds earlier.

Mick Berge, playing in his first professional game, gave the Stingrays a 2-0 lead at 11:18 of the second when his sharp-angle shot hit Munce's glove, went high in the air and landed in the net.

Mississippi pulled Munce in favor of an extra attacker late in the third period, but a turnover just inside the offensive zone resulted in Travis Morin backhanding the puck into the empty net for his second goal of the night at 19:03 of the third period.

Ryan Munce made 32 saves to earn a loss, and the Sea Wolves were 0-for-3 on the power play.

Game Box Score

Mississippi Sea Wolves 0 at South Carolina Stingrays 3 - Status: Final Mar 20, 2009 - North Charleston Coliseum

Mississippi 0 0 0 - 0 South Carolina 1 1 1 - 3

1st Period-1, South Carolina, Morin 21 (Lacroix), 9:07. Penalties-Kotsopoulos Mis (tripping), 0:30; Nesdill Mis (hooking), 3:25; Carbery Sc (roughing), 3:25; Godfrey Sc (hooking), 5:32; Parent Mis (delay of game), 18:23.

2nd Period-2, South Carolina, Berge 1 (Godfrey), 11:18. Penalties-Nesdill Mis (tripping), 2:14; Brennan Sc (hooking), 5:56.

3rd Period-3, South Carolina, Morin 22 (Johnson, Carbery), 19:03 (en). Penalties-Kashirsky Sc (hooking), 12:56.

Shots on Goal-Mississippi 6-13-10-29. South Carolina 15-11-9-35. Power-play opportunities-Mississippi 0 of 3; South Carolina 0 of 3. Goalies-Mississippi, Munce 23-19-3-1 (34 shots-32 saves). South Carolina, Reimer 12-7-2-1 (29 shots-29 saves). A-5,460 Referees-Francis Charron (7). Linesmen-Paul Reid (97), Kyle Mellor (90).

Saturday, March 21 @ South Carolina, 2-3 OTL

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - After falling behind 2-0, the Mississippi Sea Wolves battled back to even the game at two-apiece on a pair of second period goals, before falling 3-2 in overtime to the South Carolina Stingrays.

South Carolina's Keith Johnson potted his first of the game, breaking down the ice alone after picking off a loose puck in the neutral zone past getting enough on his shot to trickle it past Sea Wolves goalie Ryan Munce for a shorthand goal at 15:10 of the first period.

Johnson potted his second of the night with the Stingrays on the power play at 4:33 of the second, when Ryan Munce deflected Josh Godfrey's point shot up into the air and Johnson tapped it in when it landed on the goal line behind Munce.

Alex Parent's 18th goal of the season got the Sea Wolves on the board when Ryan Cruthers fed a centering pass to Parent, who rifled a shot from the top of the slot past South Carolina netminder James Reimer at 15:25.

At 18:35, Ryan Menei fed a pass to Chris Zarb at the bottom of the right circle, and Zarb fired it through Reimer's five hole to tie the game at two-apiece.

After failing to convert on a power play early in overtime, South Carolina's Mick Berge snuck down to the low slot and buried a goal-mouth feed from Pierre-Luc O'Brien at 3:15 of overtime to give the Stingrays a 3-2 win.

Ryan Munce made 32 saves to earn a loss, and the Sea Wolves were 0-for- 5 on the power play.

Game Box Score

Mississippi Sea Wolves 2 at South Carolina Stingrays 3 (OT) - Status: Final Mar 21, 2009 - North Charleston Coliseum

Mississippi 0 2 0 0 - 2 South Carolina 1 1 0 1 - 3

1st Period-1, South Carolina, Johnson 18 (Morin), 15:10 (sh). Penalties-LeClerc Mis (hooking), 5:17; Dovgan Sc (slashing ), 8:35; Carbery Sc (hooking), 14:28; Brennan Sc (roughing), 18:15.

2nd Period-2, South Carolina, Johnson 19 (Godfrey, Romfo), 4:33 (pp). 3, Mississippi, Parent 18 (Cruthers), 15:25. 4, Mississippi, Zarb 5 (Menei, Rooneem), 18:35. Penalties-Kotsopoulos Mis (hooking), 3:02.

3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Brennan Sc (elbowing), 7:30; Scherer Sc (bench - too many men), 12:10.

OT Period-5, South Carolina, Berge 2 (O'Brien, Johnson), 3:15 (pp). Penalties-Melanson Mis (bench - too many men), 0:29; Nesdill Mis (holding), 2:37.

Shots on Goal-Mississippi 12-9-11-0-32. South Carolina 6-14-9-6-35. Power-play opportunities-Mississippi 0 of 5; South Carolina 2 of 4. Goalies-Mississippi, Munce 23-20-3-1 (35 shots-32 saves). South Carolina, Reimer 13-7-2-1 (32 shots-30 saves). A-6,641 Referees-Francis Charron (7). Linesmen-Paul Reid (97), Kyle Mellor (90).

Sunday, March 22 @ South Carolina, 2-4 L

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - Mark Rooneem scored a pair of goals, but the South Carolina Stingrays controlled the tempo of the third game of the three-in-three series as they defeated the Mississippi Sea Wolves 4-2 at the North Charleston Coliseum on Sunday.

Spencer Carbery got South Carolina on the board just 3:54 into the first period when he tapped home a back-door pass from Nikita Kashirsky on a two-on-one rush.

Travis Morin gave South Carolina a 2-1 lead when he redirected Lyon Messier's shot from the right point through the legs of Sea Wolves goalie John Murray at 1:06 of the second period.

Mark Rooneem drew the Sea Wolves within one when he broke into the zone and rifled a wrist shot under the crossbar and over the glove of Stingrays netminder Jonathan Boutin at 2:08 of the second period.

South Carolina answered back when Matt Scherer potted his 11th goal of the season on a feed from Carbery at 8:18. Rooneem potted his second of the night for Mississippi at 15:42, walking out of the right wing corner, making a deke that dropped Boutin to the ice, and firing into the vacant net. Just 64 seconds later, South Carolina closed out the scoring when Pierre-Luc O'Brien buried a shorthand breakaway through Murray's legs at 16:46.

John Murray made 36 saves to earn a loss, and the Sea Wolves were 0-for-5 on the power play.

Game Box Score

Mississippi Sea Wolves 2 at South Carolina Stingrays 4 - Status: Final Mar 22, 2009 - North Charleston Coliseum

Mississippi 0 2 0 - 2 South Carolina 1 3 0 - 4

1st Period-1, South Carolina, Carbery 16 (Kashirsky, Scherer), 3:54. Penalties-Brennan Sc (boarding), 1:13; Frechette Mis (roughing), 14:47.

2nd Period-2, South Carolina, Morin 23 (Messier, Johnson), 1:06. 3, Mississippi, Rooneem 12 (Nesdill, Murray), 2:08. 4, South Carolina, Scherer 11 (Carbery, Romfo), 8:18. 5, Mississippi, Rooneem 13 (Menei, Tejchma), 15:42. 6, South Carolina, O'Brien 16 16:46 (sh). Penalties-Nesdill Mis (holding), 4:49; Brennan Sc (roughing), 15:42.

3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Messier Sc (hooking), 7:04; Brennan Sc (interference on the goalkeeper), 10:30; Frechette Mis (roughing), 13:10; Brennan Sc (roughing, roughing), 13:10.

Shots on Goal-Mississippi 5-15-8-28. South Carolina 14-15-11-40. Power-play opportunities-Mississippi 0 of 5; South Carolina 0 of 2. Goalies-Mississippi, Murray 13-10-2-1 (40 shots-36 saves). South Carolina, Boutin 21-9-1-2 (28 shots-26 saves). A-5,976 Referees-Steve Patafie (29). Linesmen-David Jones (11), Rob Montepare (62).

Sea Wolves Leaders

Goals - Ryan Cruthers, Mathieu Melanson, 28 Assists - Ryan Cruthers, 35 Points - Ryan Cruthers, 63

Plus/Minus -Kyle Peto, +7 Penalty Minutes - Evan Kotsopoulos, 162 Power-Play Goals - Mathieu Melanson, 9 Shorthand Goals - Jason Tejchma, 3 Game-Winning Goals - Mathieu Melanson, Ryan Menei, 4 Goaltender Wins - Ryan Munce, 23 Goals-Against Average - John Murray, 2.87 Save Percentage - John Murray, .918

Renew Now for 2009-10!

You can renew your season tickets or reserve a new season ticket for next season by placing a $25 deposit for each seat by calling the Sea Wolves office at (228) 275-WOLF!

On the Air

The next broadcast of Sea Wolves hockey is Friday when the Sea Wolves visit the Charlotte Checkers at 6:05 CT, and will be heard on the B2 Networks and at www.msseawolves.com. The pre-game show presented by Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College will begin 15 minutes before the opening faceoff!

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