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Snakes Take 3 of 4 Points; Hit the Road

February 7, 2014 - SPHL (SPHL)
Columbus Cottonmouths News Release


COLUMBUS, Ga. - The Columbus Cottonmouths picked up three of a possible four standing points over the past weekend. After a 6-4 comeback win against the Huntsville Havoc at home on Friday night, the Snakes traveled to Southaven, Miss. to face the Mississippi RiverKings, where they picked up a point in a 5-4 shootout loss. This weekend, the Cottonmouths pay a visit to Illinois to face the Peoria Rivermen in a back-to-back weekend of games. All games are broadcast on America One Networks with both a video and audio feed, with a nominal fee for each game. A free audio-only webcast of the games is also available. Details can be found at www.cottonmouths.com.

  

CURRENT RECORDS AND STATS

Last Week: 1-0-1

Record: 16-16-3, 35 pts (7th, SPHL)

111 GF, 112 GA

18.4% PP (3rd, SPHL); 83.7% PK (4th, SPHL)

LAST WEEK'S TRANSACTIONS

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SPHL STANDINGS

TEAM                GP    W     L     OTL   PTS   WPCT   GF     GA     PIM    HOME     ROAD     L-TEN   STREAK   

Pensacola           38    23    13      2    48   .632   136    103    690    12-7-1   11-6-1   6-4-0   4-0-0    

Louisiana           38    22    13      3    47   .618   128    123    686    13-7-0   9-6-3    6-4-0   0-1-0    

Huntsville          36    21    13      2    44   .611   131    107    690    13-4-0   8-9-2    7-2-1   0-1-0    

Mississippi R'Kings 36    20    13      3    43   .597   116    99     705    11-5-3   9-8-0    4-5-1   1-0-0    

Peoria              35    18    13      4    40   .571   98     103    576    9-6-2    9-7-2    6-3-1   0-0-1    

Mississippi Surge   37    18    18      1    37   .500   99     119    631    8-10-1   10-8-0   6-4-0   3-0-0    

Columbus            35    16    16      3    35   .500   111    112    889    7-8-1    9-8-2    7-2-1   0-0-1    

Knoxville           34    14    16      4    32   .471   91     103    747    8-9-2    6-7-2    2-6-2   1-0-0    

Fayetteville        35    14    18      3    31   .443   93     103    685    8-10-0   6-8-3    2-7-1   0-3-1    

Bloomington         36    14    20      2    30   .417   91     122    997    6-9-0    8-11-2   4-4-2   0-1-1    

UPCOMING GAMES AND PROMOTIONS

Thursday, February 6 - Columbus at Knoxville, 7:35 PM EST (Season Series vs. KNX: 1-6)

The Cottonmouths head to Knoxville looking to put some distance between themselves and the 8th place Ice Bears. A win would give the Cottonmouths a 5 point, 2.5 game lead over their original four counterpart heading into the final two months of the season. Since their last meeting the Ice Bears have welcomed back F Berkley Scott who has spent the last season in the ECHL between Utah and San Francisco. The Cottonmouths hope to build off their 3 out of 4 possible point weekend and continue their climb in the SPHL standings before heading 8 hours north to Peoria.

Friday/Saturday, February 7/8 - Columbus at Peoria, 8:15 PM EST (both nights) (Season Series vs. PEO: 1-1-0)

The Cottonmouths wrap up the regular season series with the expansion Peoria Rivermen this weekend with a back to back set of games on Friday and Saturday night in Illinois. Columbus and Peoria split a pair of games on December 26 and 27 in the only other two games between the two teams this season. The Snakes dropped a 2-1 decision to the Rivermen in the first game while soundly defeating Peoria 5-1 the next night. Head coach Jean-Guy Trudel and the Rivermen will probably be very happy to see a new opponent as their last nine games have consisted of five consecutive games against intrastate rival Bloomington followed by four straight in two home-and-home pairs of games against Knoxville. The Rivermen finished the dosage of the Thunder and Ice Bears with a 5-3-1 record in those games. Peoria is in the thick of the SPHL playoff picture as they sit just eight points behind league-leading Pensacola with three games in hand on the Ice Flyers and have at least one game in hand on each of the four teams ahead of them in the standings.

PROMOTIONS: Head to Loco's on 13th Street in midtown Columbus on Friday and Saturday nights to catch all the action in a family-friendly atmosphere! The games will be broadcast live from Peoria at Loco's both nights.

COTTONMOUTHS WEEK IN REVIEW

Friday, January 31 - Huntsville 4 at Columbus 6 (Attendance: 2,617)

After building a 2-0 lead only to see Huntsville score four of the next five goals, the Columbus Cottonmouths scored three unanswered goals in the third period for a 6-4 win on Friday night. Preston Shupe led the way with a hat trick, notching three goals and an assist. Sam Bowles provided the game-winning goal in the third period while Neilsson Arcibal and Jason Gray both logged a goal apiece. Both goaltenders had a busy night between the pipes as the Snakes' Andrew Loewen stopped 39 of 43 shots on goal in the winning effort, with Huntsville's Kevin Genoe turning away 40 of 46 shots in the loss in net for the Havoc. Columbus was 1 for 2 on the power play while holding Huntsville scoreless in their five chances with the man advantage.

Saturday, February 1 - Columbus 4 at Mississippi RiverKings 5 (SO) (Attendance: 2,763)

The Snakes battled back again from a deficit on Saturday night against the Mississippi RiverKings, this time building a 4-3 lead after being down 3-1 early in the second period. However, the "˜Kings managed to score the equalizer in the last half of the third period and defeated the Snakes in the shootout, giving Mississippi the extra standing point in the 5-4 win. Matt Gingera lit the lamp twice for the Cottonmouths with Jordan Draper and Levi Lind both scoring once. Curtis Martinu stopped 36 of 40 shots on goal in his first appearance in net as a Snakes, while the RiverKings' Dan McWhinney made 37 saves on 41 shots on goal in the winning effort for Mississippi. The Snakes were 1 for 9 on the power play while the "˜Kings finished 2 for 7.  

THREE STARS OF THE WEEK

1. F Preston Shupe - Shupe's hat trick provided an offensive spark for the Snakes in their comeback win over Huntsville on Friday night.

2. F Sam Bowles - Bowles scored the game-winning goal and logged an assist on Friday and led all scorers on Saturday night with three assists.

3. F Matt Gingera - Gingera scored a pair of goals on Saturday night in Mississippi and was the only Cottonmouth to solve RiverKings goaltender Dan McWhinney in the shootout (although not counting as an official goal).



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