Seals fall before big home crowd
February 10, 2004 - SPHL (SPHL)
Florida Seals News Release
Orlando â The Orlando Seals struck first but could not hold on as a season high crowd of 6,268 witnessed Tom Kotsopoulos' overtime tally, lifting the Manatees over the Seals 4-3 Tuesday night.
Jamie Muswagon put the Seals on the board early in the first period, chipping a shot out of traffic and into the net for his third of the season. B.J. Stephens then put the Seals up 2-0 with his team-leading 24th of the season. Stephens skated in on net, taking a shot and then collected his own rebound
Miami stormed back in the second, scoring two goals in a 2:15 span for a 2-2 contest. Kevin Swider's goal at 11:00 brought the Manatees within one. Oak Hewer then tied it up with his league-leading 26th tally of the season at 13:15.
Orlando regained the lead in the third as Mike Sanderson snapped the puck past a sprawling Sean Weaver for his 11th of the season and a 3-2 Orlando lead.
The Manatees thought they had tied the game up on the power play, however the goal was disallowed by referee Clay Sigurdson because the puck was kicked in. Miami did capitalize less than a minute later on the 2-man advantage as Greg LeColst found the back of then net at 9:00 of the third period.
Miami shut the door on the Seals only 1:14 into the overtime period as Kotsopoulos beat David Goverde low to the stick side for a 4-3 Manatees victory. It was the second straight overtime win for the Manatees, who also defeated the Seals in a shootout Saturday night in Miami.
The Seals return to action Thursday night as the Jacksonville Barracudas come to town for a 7:05 pm start.
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