Seals NASCAR Night Preview
January 17, 2004 - SPHL (SPHL)
Florida Seals News Release
They've Got Green: The Orlando Seals take on the Alabama Slammers tonight in the Seals second NASCAR Night. For tonight's game, the Seals are wearing special NASCAR jerseys, which fans can bid on in a silent auction during the game. Following the game, players will personally deliver the jerseys to the winning bidders on the ice. All Seals games are available on www.IRN.FM and all home games have streaming video available at www.IRN.FM. Fans in the arena can access the broadcast at 96.7 FM.
Records: The Seals are 17-6-2 with 36 points in second place in WHA2.
Alabama is 14-10-3 with 31 points in third place in WHA2.
Season Series: This is the sixth time these two teams have met this season. The Seals have won three of the previous five meetings and one of the losses was in a shootout. So the Seals have earned 7 of a possible 10 points against the Slammers. Alabama won the last meeting between the two teams, 4-1 in Orlando on January 8th.
Recent Results: The Seals are coming off a 4-1 win over Lakeland here on Thursday night. Alabama is in the midst of four games in four days for the second straight week. Last night, Alabama lost 3-1 in Miami.
Power Play: Seals 19-116 16.4% 6th Alabama 29-102 28.4% 1st
Penalty Kill: Seals 83-102 81.4% 3rd Alabama 120-152 78.9% 4th
B.J. Moving Up: With two goals on Thursday night, Seals leading scorer B.J. Stephens is now tied for second in the league goal scoring race with 18. Stephens also had an assist on Thursday, giving him 38 points on the season and moving him into third place in the WHA2 scoring race.
Next Up: The Seals will be off for an entire week before playing in Miami next Saturday night. Their next home game is Wednesday January 28th against the Macon Trax.
Alabama plays at Macon tomorrow.
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