Wranglers Daily Kelly Cup Roundup

Published on May 4, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Las Vegas Wranglers News Release


Pacific Division Plots

* Las Vegas goalie Glenn Fisher is fourth in the ECHL with a 2.13 goals against average and a .931 save percentage.

* The Wranglers are now 1-2 in overtimes this postseason and 7-7 in team history.

* Forward Dan Riedel scored his team-leading sixth goal of the playoffs in Game 4 at Stockton. .

Around the ECHL - Playoff Update

* The Florida Everblades drew even in their best-of-seven South Division Final series (2-2) with the South Carolina Stingrays thanks to a 3-2 double overtime victory in Game 4 on Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Mark Lee provided the heroics scoring on a rebound off a Kevin Baker shot at 12:19 of the second overtime, sending the Florida bench spilling onto the ice in celebration. Game 5 is Sunday in South Carolina at 5:05 PM (EST).

* Josh Soares scored the tie-breaking goal with 2:35 left to send Alaska to its fourth conference final in five years with a 6-4 triumph at Victoria in front of 2,471 Saturday at the Save-On Foods Memorial Centre. The Aces claimed the series, four games to one, and now await the winner of the Stockton-Las Vegas battle in the Pacific Division Finals.

* Goalie Ryan Nie stopped 24 shots in collecting his first playoff shutout as a Cyclone, in a 2-0 win at Elmira on Friday night. The Cyclones got goals from Dustin Sproat and Kyle Rank to secure the four-game sweep for the North Division playoff title. Cincinnati also claimed the North Division regular season title as well. It is the second straight year that the club has won both honors. Cincinnati will play either Florida or South Carolina for the American Conference championship next week.

Game 5 = Game Ticket "F"

Game 6 = Game Ticket "G"

Playoff Ticket Holders use Game "F" for Game 5 on Monday night and Game "G" for Game 6 on Tuesday night.

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