Tonight's Match-up

January 8, 2004 - SPHL (SPHL)
Florida Seals News Release


Remember Us?: The Orlando Seals return home tonight to battle the Alabama Slammers in their first game at TD Waterhouse Centre since December 26th.

Records: The Seals are 14-4-2 with 30 points in second place in WHA2.

Alabama is 11-7-3 with 25 points in third place in WHA2.

Season Series: This is the fifth meeting of the season between the Seals and Alabama. Three of the four games have been decided by one goal. The Seals have won three of the four previous meetings, and Alabama's lone win in the series was a 1-0 shootout win in Alabama on December 6th.

Recent Results: The Seals played their sixth straight one goal game, with a 2-1 victory over the Macon Trax last Saturday. Seamus Gallagan provided the game winning goal with just 1:23 left to play in regulation time.

Power Play: Seals 19-102 18.6% 4th Alabama 24-87 27.6% 1st

Penalty Kill: Seals 70-84 83.3% 2nd Alabama 107-135 79.3% 6th

Busy Boys: Tonight marks the start of a stretch of four games in four days for the Seals. This is the first of two stretches of four games in four days this season. The Seals will conclude the regular season, playing four games in four days.

From Bench To Ice: Assistant coach Chris LiPuma has been activated to the Seals playing roster. The Seals have placed Mike Sanderson on the injured reserve list, and returned Jessy Berube to their taxi squad from the active roster.

Next Up: The Seals travel to Lakeland tomorrow night for a 7:05 game. The busy weekend continues here Saturday against Jacksonville at 7:35p.m and then a return engagement with Lakeland Sunday at 4:05 p.m. All Seals games can be heard on www.IRN.FM, and in all arenas at 96.7 FM. Home games are available on streaming video at www.IRN.FM.



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