Tonight's Match up
February 26, 2004 - SPHL (SPHL)
Florida Seals News Release
Manatee Time: The Orlando Seals entertain the Miami Manatees tonight, in the eighth meeting of the season between the two teams.
Records: The Seals are 22-12-5 with 49 points in second place in WHA2.
Miami is 22-13-4 with 48 points in third place in WHA2.
Season Series: Miami has won four of the previous seven meetings, including the last three. One of those wins came in a shootout and one in overtime. Miami won the last meeting between the two teams, 4-3 in overtime in Orlando. That is the only game so far this season that the visiting team has won.
Recent Results: The Seals dropped a 2-1 decision to the Macon Trax on Sunday. Miami handed Jacksonville just its third loss on home ice, and second at the hands of the Manatees, with a 7-3 win in Jacksonville on Sunday.
Power Play: Seals 29-161 18.0% 5th Miami 41-194 21.1% 3rd
Penalty Kill: Seals 116-148 78.3% 4th Miami 135-171 78.9% 3rd
Welcome Back: Center Jerry Keefe returns to the Seals line up tonight after a loan assignment to Charlotte of the ECHL. In two games with Charlotte, Keefe had no points and no penalty minutes.
Top Guns: Tonight's game features the top two snipers in WHA2. Oak Hewer of Miami leads the league in goals with 27. The Seals B.J. Stephens is second with 25 goals. Doug Lawrence of Alabama also has 25 goals but has played in 42 games to 39 games for Hewer and Stephens.
Lucky Seven: Mike Sanderson had an assist on Sunday stretching his current point streak to seven games (3G, 4A).
Next Up: The Seals host Macon on Saturday at 7:35 p.m. Prior to that is the Guns and Hoses game for the benefit of Special Olympics at 1 p.m. Tickets for the doubleheader are available at gunsandhosestickets@hotmail.com. All Seals games can be heard at www.IRN.FM.
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