Seals fall in Jacksonville
March 9, 2006 - SPHL (SPHL)
Florida Seals News Release
[JACKSONVILLE, Fla.]-Jacksonville opened up their home schedule this season with a win over the Seals and Thursday night closed their home portion of the schedule with a 5-2 victory over Florida. The Seals fell behind 2-0 in the first period and never recovered.
The short rostered Barracudas looked like a playoff team early as they outworked and outplayed the playoff bound Seals. Luke Pelham scored just over four minutes into the game and Jason Simon scored with less than a minute remaining in the first period to give the Barracudas their edge.
Just 2:25 into the middle frame Patrick Doherty continued his stellar rookie season pushing the lead to three. The Seals closed the gap when Ryan Rivard put a rebound home. Rob Sich gave the Seals life when he scored 7:32 into the final period cutting the Barracuda lead to a single goal.
The Seals continued to take quality shots on Jacksonville goalie Matt Meacham, but the net minder was up to the task. Meacham played strong throughout the night stopping 46 of the 48 Seals shots fired at him.
Jacksonville took the game back when Martin Viazanica knocked the puck into the net at the 13:14 mark. Ryan Webb added a late, empty net goal to sew up the victory.
Florida returns to the ice tomorrow night in Florence, S.C. The Cyclones and the Seals will drop the puck at 7:35pm from the Florence Civic Center. The Seals will return to home ice Tuesday, Mar. 14 when the Fayetteville FireAntz crawl into the Silver Spurs Arena. Get your "Two For Tuesday" ticket by calling the Seals office.
To reserve your playoff tickets with the Seals, call the office at (407) 343-PUCK or go to the Seals website at www.floridaseals.com. Ticket packages start as low as $20 for the most exciting time of year. All home games can be seen live at www.livesportsnetwork.com/sphl.
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