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Published on April 14, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Northern Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series)
Series Tied 2-2
Winner Will Advance To Northern Division Finals Against Peoria

No. 4 Reading Royals (37-25-10) at No. 1 Wheeling Nailers (51-17-4) 7:00 ET

* Royals' David Masse leads the Kelly Cup Playoffs with four power-play goals and is tied for the postseason led with two game-winning goals and five power-play points (4g-1a).
* Nailers' Steve Crampton is tied for the league lead with two game-winning goals and has four points (2g-2a) in four games against Reading.
* Jason Jaffray and Steve Crampton each scored a power-play goal in Wheeling's 3-1 win at Reading in Game 4 on Tuesday.
* David Masse and Ian Turner each had a goal and two assists in Reading's 4-3 win against Wheeling in Game 3 on Saturday.
* Defenseman Matt Snesrud scored the game-winning goal and Kent Davyduke had three assists in Royals 3-2 win at Wheeling in Game 2 on Friday.
* Tyler MacKay made 30 saves and Steve Crampton scored the game-winning goal in Nailers 3-1 win against Reading in Game 1 on Thursday.
* No. 5 Seed Reading upset No. 4 Seed Johnstown 2-1 in Wild Card Game on April 5.


2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Southern Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series)
Series Tied 2-2
Winner Will Advance To Central Division Finals Against Mississippi or Gwinnett
No. 4 Pensacola Ice Pilots (40-23-9) at No. 1 Louisiana IceGators (48-22-2) 7:05 CT

* Pensacola's Tyler Beechey has a game-winning goal and four points (2g-2a) in four postseason games.
* IceGators' Derek Gustafson is 2-2 with a 2.11 goals against average and a shutout in four playoff games.
* Aaron Phillips and Tyler Beechey each scored third period goals to lead Pensacola to a 3-1 win against Louisiana in Game 4 on Tuesday.
* Tyler Beechey scored the game-winning goal in Pensacola's 2-1 overtime win in Game 3 on Saturday.
* Pensacola ranks third in the Kelly Cup Playoffs averaging 40.3 shots per game.
* Louisiana's Konstantin Kalmikov leads the postseason with two shorthand goals and teammate Bruce Richardson is tied for second with one shorthand goal.
* Derek Gustafson made 43 saves in Louisiana's 6-0 win in Game 2 at Louisiana on Thursday.
* Konstantin Kalmikov scored five points (2g-3a) and Jamie Johnson tallied two power-play goals in the IceGators 8-4 win in Game 1 at Louisiana on April 7.
* Ice Pilots' Peter Fregoe scored a power-play goal and had two points (1g-1a) at Louisiana in Game 1.
* Louisiana's Derek Gustafson tied for the league lead in the regular season with five shutouts and ranked second with a 2.09 GAA.
* Pensacola's Brian Eklund set ECHL records with 2,194 saves and 3,724 minutes and tied the ECHL record with 38 wins.


2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Central Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series)
Series Tied 2-2
Winner Will Advance To Central Division Finals Against Louisiana or Pensacola
No. 3 Gwinnett Gladiators (42-22-8) at No. 2 Mississippi Sea Wolves (45-20-7) 7:05 CT

* Mississippi's Sergei Kuznetsov has a game-winning goal and six points (2g-4a) in four postseason games.
* Gladiators' Kris Goodjohn has five points (2g-3a) and is +4 in four postseason games.
* Greg Gardner made 43 saves to earn the shutout in Mississippi's 3-0 win at Gwinnett in Game 4 on Monday.
* Chris Goodjohn scored two goals in Gwinnett's 6-3 win in Game 3 on Saturday.
* Sergei Kuznetsov scored the game-winning goal with 23 seconds remaining to give the Sea Wolves a 4-3 win in Game 2 at Mississippi on Friday.
* Chris Durno scored the game-winning goal in overtime as Gwinnett defeated Mississippi 2-1 in Game 1 on April 7.
* Mississippi's Patrick Rochon is tied for the postseason lead among defensemen with two goals and is tied for second among ECHL defensemen with four points (2g-2a).
* Gwinnett's Rick Emmett is tied for the postseason lead among defensemen with two goals and leads defensemen with two power-play goals.
* Mississippi's Steffon Walby was second in the ECHL in scoring with 88 points (33g-55a) in 59 games.
* Gwinnett's Kevin Doell led ECHL rookies with 33 goals and seven game-winning goals.
* Mississippi, which won the Kelly Cup in 1999, is in the playoffs for third year in a row and the sixth time in its eight-year history.


2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Pacific Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five Series)
Series Tied 2-2
Winner Will Advance To Pacific Division Finals Against Alaska
No. 2 Las Vegas Wranglers (43-22-7) at No. 3 Idaho Steelheads (40-23-9) 7:05 MT

* Idaho's Lance Galbraith has a game-winning goal, five points (3g-2a) and is +3 in four postseason games.
* Las Vegas' Chris Kenady has a power-play goal, shorthand goal and a game-winning goal in four postseason games.
* Steelheads' Dan Ellis is 2-0 with a 1.50 goals against average and a shutout in two postseason games.
* Wranglers' Marc Magliarditi is 2-1 with a 2.67 goals against average in three postseason games.
* Lance Galbraith scored the game-winning goal in overtime and tallied a hat trick in Idaho's 4-3 overtime win against Las Vegas in Game 4 on Tuesday.
* Dan Ellis made 21 saves to earn his first career postseason shutout in Idaho's 2-0 win against Las Vegas in Game 3 on Saturday.
* Ryan Christie scored two goals and Marc Magliarditi made 29 saves in the Wranglers 3-2 win at Las Vegas in Game 2 on Friday.
* Tom Nelson scored the game-winning goal and had two points (1g-1a) in the Wranglers 4-2 win at Las Vegas in Game 1 on April 6.
* Wranglers' Greg Day scored three points (1g-2a) and was +2 against Idaho in Game 1.
* Las Vegas was 4-1-0 at home and 5-3-2 overall against Idaho in 2003-04.
* Jan Kopecky led Idaho with 24 goals, 54 points and 20 power-play points (8g-12a).
* Wranglers' Marc Magliarditi was 29-14-4 and ranked eighth in the ECHL with a 2.25 goals against average.

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