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Sold out crowd watched win versus Louisiana

March 1, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Pensacola Ice Pilots News Release


Ice Pilots go 3-1 this past week: The Pensacola Ice Pilots went 3-1 this past week defeating the Stingrays in South Carolina on Tuesday night 1-0. Brian Eklund stopped all 37 shots for his first pro shutout win and Aaron Phillips scored a shorthanded goal for the Ice Pilots. The Ice Pilots lost at Augusta on Thursday 5-1. The Ice Pilots rebounded and won on Friday at Gwinnett 7-6. Wes Mason scored a hat trick and picked up two assists in the win. Brian Eklund stopped 50 out of 56 shots. The Ice Pilots won 2-1 on Saturday night vs. Louisiana in front of a sale out crowd of 8,144 fans. Corey Neilson and Peter Fregoe scored the goals for the Ice Pilots and Brian Eklund stopped 33 out of 34 shots for the win. The Ice Pilots have won 7 out of their last 8 games. The so! ld out crowd of 8,144 fans was the largest crowd that the Ice Pilots had since October 16, 1998 which was the last time the Ice Pilots sold out a game.

The Ice Pilots have a record of 31-18-6 for 68 points which is good for fourth place in the Central Division of the Western Conference.

Ice Pilots play home this Thursday and Friday Night. The Ice Pilots next home games are this Thursday and Friday Night. The Ice Pilots play home to Augusta on Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots are 0-1 vs. Augusta this season and have an all time record of 8-3-1 vs. Augusta. The Ice Pilots will play home to San Diego on Friday at 8:05 p.m. It will be the first ever meeting between the two teams.

Thursday Night is World Ford Freedom Night: Thursday night is World Ford Freedom Night when the Ice Pilots play home to Augusta at 7:05 p.m. and Pack the House Night. All tickets are $7 for the game except glass seats. Fans can test drive a car at World Ford or Gulf Breeze Ford this week and get a ticket to the game.

Mr. Manatee's Alumni Game is Friday at 6:05 p.m. followed by Ice Pilots vs. San Diego at 8:05 p.m. The Mr. Manatee's Alumni Game is this Friday at 6:05 p.m. Former players Shane Calder, Chad Quenneville, Etienne Beaudry, Kelly Hultgren, Andrew Rodgers, Scott Malone, Scott LaGrand, Sam Deitelbaum, Brandon Gray, Jon Dunmar, Jon Rowe, Harold Hersh, Nick Stajduhar, Dale Masson, David Barozzino and former Head Coach Al Pedersen will participate in the alumni game with Jr. Ice Pilots players and Sr. league members. The alumni players and original players will be wearing special old timer sweaters that will be auctioned off at the Hangar after the game with proceeds going to the Florida Restaurant Educational Foundation and the Children's Home Society. The first 3,000 fans will receive hand clappers sponsored by WEAR TV 3.

The Ice Pilots will play at Mississippi on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. The Ice Pilots have a record of 4-3-3 vs. Mississippi this season.

Ice Pilots in Fourth Place: The Ice Pilots are in fourth place in the Central Division with a record of 31-18-6 for 68 points. For the current standings, visit the Standings Page on icepilots.com.

Ice Pilots leaders: Ice Pilots defenseman Corey Neilson leads the team with 63 points and leads the team with 47 assists. Neilson leads all defenseman in scoring. Neilson is first in the league with 35 power play points and first with 27 power play assists. Brian Eklund is first in the league with 29 wins, 1,713 saves, 2,869 minutes played and 5 shootout wins. Eklund's 29 wins makes him tied with former Ice Pilots Sean Gauthier for most wins in a season. Greg Chambers is among league leaders with the rookies with 40 points and 29 assists. Jean Francois Soucy is first among all rookies with 41 minor penalties and among the leaders with 122 penalty minutes. Peter Fregoe is among the leaders in rookies with 4 shorthanded points.

Nominated Player of the Week: Wes Mason has been nominated for the player of the week. Brian Eklund has been nominated for goalie of the week and is the Dodge Player of the Week.

Th e Ice Pilots will be hosting a Picnic this at Sam's Fun City located on Highway 29 this Sunday from 1:00- 6:00 p.m. Meet the Ice Pilots players and get autographs.

Mr. Manatee's Alumni game scheduled for Friday, March 5th at 6:05 p.m. The Ice Pilots are proud to announce the first ever Mr. Manatee's Alumni game to take place on Friday, March 5th at 6:05 p.m. The original game vs. San Diego will take place after the Mr. Manatee's Alumni game at 8:05 p.m. Fans will be able to see both games for the price of a regular season ticket to a game. Former players Shane Calder, Chad Quenneville, Scott Malone, Scott LaGrand, Kelly Hultgren, Nick Stajduhar and Andrew Rodgers along with former Head Coach Al Pedersen and former Assistant Coach George Kozak will participate in the Mr. Manatee's Alumni Game. Other former players could be added as we get closer to the date. Members of the Jr. Ice Pilots, the local media and members of the Senior League will also participate in the Mr. Manatee's Alumni game. The Alumni players and the Ice Pilots original players will be wearing special old timer sweaters sponsored by Mr. Mantee's A Casual Grille. The old timer sweaters will be auctioned off after the game at "The Hangar" with proceeds going to the Florida Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and the Children's Home Society.

Season Ticket Packages are available with year round payments: Full season ticket packages and 16 game packages are available with year round payments. The following is a list of the full season ticket plan with year round payments: $22 seats for floor and glass is $49.99 per month, $15 seats for sides is $35.99 per month, $13 seats for goal and lower upper level is $32.99 per month, $10 seats for upper level is $24.99 per month.

Group Tickets: Group tickets are available at the Ice Pilots office. A group of 15-24 will receive $2 off per ticket and scoreboard recognition. A group of 25-99 will receive $2 off per ticket, scoreboard recognition, the group leader receive two free tickets with a minimum of 25 tickets purchased and group members are eligible to become an MVP. Each group member fills out and MVP card, (Cards are mailed with the group tickets), and drops the card in the MVP box at customer service before the game, and has the opportunity to win a valuable prize! Groups of 100 or more will receive scoreboard recognition, two free tickets, MVP cards plus $3 off per ticket and an opportunity to perform the national anthem or participate in the ceremonial puck drop (Subject to availability and approval).

Birthday Parties: Celebrate your birthday with the Ice Pilots. The Ice Pilots birthday party package includes hot dogs, cokes, cake and 10 $13 lower goal game tickets, a special gift pack for the birthday person delivered by Iceman, a birthday card signed by the Ice Pilots and scoreboard recognition. The package price is $179 for a party of 10. $15 is added for each additional guest. For more information call 432-PUCK.

Assigned Players from Tampa Bay: The Ice Pilots currently have eight players on the roster assigned from Tampa Bay. They are goalies Brian Eklund, Evgeny Konstantinov and forward Dwayne Hay. Forward Jean Francois Soucy, forward Evgeni Arthukin forward Ryan Craig and defenseman Jeremy Van Hoof and Andreas Holmqvist are also assigned from Tampa. Ryan Craig and Evgeni Artukhin have been called up to Hershey.

Kerr's Kids: This season the Ice Pilots are introducing "Kerr's Kids." Thanks to Ice Pilots owner Tim Kerr and SMG (Pensacola Civic Center), the Ice Pilots would like to invite six children and their escorts to a game. The Ice Pilots will provide free admission, a goodie bag for each child and SMG will provide a hot dog and soda for each guest. Accessible seating will be arranged for "Kerr's Kids" in section 105. If you are interested in attending one of the Ice Pilots home game through "Kerr's Kids" please contact the Ice Pilots office at 432-7825 and ask for Melind! a Palmer.

"Past, Present and Future Ice Pilots Golf Classic&quo t; is set for March 6th: The "Past, Present and Future Ice Pilots Golf Classic" is set for Saturday, March 6th at Scenic Hill Country Club with a shotgun start at 11:00 a.m. The golf classic will include Ice Pilots players and alumni. Proceeds of the golf classic will benefit the Jr. Ice Pilots.

Fans can golf with the Ice Pilots players and alumni. Cost is $85 per individual that includes awards banquet with dinner, live entertainment and mingling with the Ice Pilots players and alumni. The awards banquet and dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. Tickets just for the banquet and dinner without golf is $25.

Fans interested in playing in the "Past, Present and Future Ice Pilots Golf Classic" with current and former Ice Pilots players or interested in just attending the dinner should contact LeaderBoard Tournament Systems at scalder@LTSgolf.com or khultgren@LTSgolf.com.

The Ice Pilots away game that was postponed on January 17th at Mississippi because of a Toby Keith concert has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 2nd at 6:35 p.m.

Listen to games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network: Fans can listen to Ice Pilots games on the Ice Pilots Hockey Network. The network includes flagship station WCOA AM 1370, Mediacom's preview guide channel, Cox Media channel 2 and at icepilots.com sponsored by Sports Avenue. The pre-game show on Tuesday begins at 6:35 p.m. The pre game show on Thursday begins at 7:05 p.m. and the pre game show on Friday begins at 7:55 p.m.

Coach's Radio Show has new location this season: The Ice Pilots Coach's Radio show is broadcasted from the Gutter Lounge at Phoenix Crossing inside the new Liberty Lanes this year located at 3200 North Palafox Street. The show is broadcasted on the Ice Pilots hockey network from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Fans can hear the radio show on WCOA AM 1370 and on the internet at www.icepilots.com sponsored by Sports Avenue. Fans can meet the players, head coach Todd Gordon and members of the Ice Pilots office staff all season long. Peter Fregoe and Jade Galbraith will b e the player guests tonight.

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