ECHL Idaho Steelheads

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Published on March 8, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL)
Idaho Steelheads News Release


BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Steelheads, in a race to catch Las Vegas for second place in the ECHL's Pacific Division, lost both games to the South Carolina Stingrays at home over the weekend. The team is now 2-2-1 in its longest homestand of the season with hopes to improve that record as it turns its sights to the Long Beach Ice Dogs. The Dogs will finish out Idaho's eight-game home stretch with a three-game series, beginning Wednesday night.

IDAHO STEELHEADS RECORD:

33-18-7, 73 points. At home: 19-7-3. On the road: 14-1-4. Last ten: 6-2-2. Streak: 2-0-0.

OFFENSIVE:

Scott Burt, Dylan Gyori and Brett Draney have each tallied 11 points in their last 10 games.

DEFENSIVE:

David Cornacchia is tenth in scoring amongst defenseman, and tops the team for defenseman with 37 points, 8 goals, 29 assists...

IN THE NET:

Goaltender Blair Allison is 18-9-6, with a 2.56 goals-against average.

GAME RECAPS:

03/05/04: SOUTH CAROLINA 3, IDAHO 1

BOISE, Idaho (Ticker) -- Chris Allen scored twice and Kirk Daubenspeck stopped 42 shots to help the South Carolina Stingrays defeat the Idaho Steelheads, 3-1. Allen, who has five points in his last three games, scored with 4:11 left in the second period to even the score at 1-1 and netted the power-play, game-winner just 2:27 later. Daubenspeck made 16 saves in the second period and turn aside all 14 shots in the final frame to win his fourth straight. Dave Seitz assisted on two goals, including a tally by Robin Gomez in the third period for South Carolina, which has won four of the first five games on its road trip. David Cornacchia scored a goal and Blair Allison stopped 34 of 37 shots to suffer his first loss in 15

home games (10-1-3).

03/06/04: SOUTH CAROLINA 4, IDAHO 2

BOISE, Idaho (Ticker) -- Chris Allen scored the eventual game-winning goal to help the South Carolina Stingrays beat the Idaho Steelheads, 4-2. Allen tallied a power-play goal, his 13th of the season and seventh with the man advantage, midway through the second period to supply South Carolina with a 3-2 lead. Curtis Huppe connected on his 20th goal of the season, tying the score at 2-2 for the Stingrays 5:01 into the middle stanza. Kevin Spiewak netted an unassisted goal with 4:03 remaining in the opening period for South Carolina, which has won three consecutive games. Kirk Daubenspeck, who is 5-0-0 in his last five games, had 23 of his 28 saves over the final two periods. David Bararuk and Scott Burt both scored in the opening period for Idaho, which has lost both meetings with the Stingrays this season. Blair Allison, who entered the contest 10-1-3 with a shutout in 15 home games, gave up all four goals on 33 shots for the loss.

PAST WEEK TRANSACTIONS:

No transactions to report.

UP NEXT:

The Idaho Steelheads welcome the Long Beach Ice Dogs to the Bank of America Centre for a three-game series on March 10th, 12th and 13th.

March 10th is Pepsi Flexfit Baseball Cap Giveaway

March 12th is 50-cent Hot Dog Night

March 13th is Guns & Hoses Charity Hockey Game Night

COMMUNITY SCHEDULE:

Tuesday, March 9th 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.- Forward Scott Burt will be speaking with high school students from around the State about the dangers of substance abuse, with NHL psychiatrist and adictionaologist Dr. Dave Lewis during the 5th Annual Governor's Roundtable for Families and Children.

Thursday, March 11th 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Several members of the Steelheads team will be in the lobby of St. Luke's Hospital to answer phones for the Children's Miracle Network telethon.

Saturday, March 13th 9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Goaltender Blair Allison, Forwards Scott Burt and Ben Keup, and defenseman Darrell Hay will be behind the bench coaching the police and firefighters in the 3rd Annual Guns & Hoses Charity Hockey Game to benefit MADD and MDA.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE:

The Steelheads will practice everyday this week at the Bank of America Centre from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Practice is free and open to the public and media.

TICKETS:

Game tickets for home games are available at the Bank of America Centre, by visiting any Select-A-Seat outlet, by calling 331-TIXS (8497), or by logging on to www.idahotickets.com or www.idahosteelheads.com. With every ticket purchased, fans will receive $1.00 off any 12-pack Pepsi product purchased at Jacksons throughout the season by redeeming any game ticket stub at a participating Jacksons store. Tickets prices start as low as $10 for adults, and $7.00 for youths/seniors.

RADIO:

Join "Voice of the Steelheads," Britt Talbert on ESPN 1350 KTIK every night from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. for the Bud Light Sports Talk Show. Every Monday features Steelheads Head Coach John Olver. Stay tuned on game nights as Britt will bring fans play-by-play live action for all 72 games; Color Commentator Mark Broz joins Britt for home games. Games can also be heard via the Internet through the Steelheads website, www.idahosteelheads.com or by logging on to www.ktik.com.

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