GREENVILLE, S.C. � Mississippi center Louis Dumont moved into a tie for second all-time in ECHL career points and Andrei Lupandin had a goal and two assists to lead the Sea Wolves past the Greenville Grrrowl, 3-2, before 3,492 at the BI-LO Center.
�It wasn�t pretty at times, but we got the job done,� said Sea Wolves coach Bob Woods. �Lupandin was hungry to get back in the lineup and he had lots of jump. Dumont also had a special night and was key in the win.�
Mississippi (7-4-4) playing its fourth road game in five days, opened the score at 16:19 of the first period. Jim Baxter, extended his point streak to seven games (4g-9a), by feeding a pass ahead for Louis Dumont, who moved in on the breakaway, and finished off the play by poking the puck through the legs of Scott Kabotoff for his seventh goal of the year.
Greenville (1-9-1) tied the game in the second period. On the breakaway, Scott Kirton beat Greg Gardner through the legs, for his first of the season at the 1:01 mark.
The Sea Wolves regained the lead on an odd-man rush. Dwayne Blais sent a pass from the right circle to Lupandin in the slot, who was activated off injured reserve earlier in the day, and he notched his first goal of the campaign at 2:17.
The Grrrowl rebounded later in the stanza, on the penalty kill at 15:18. Brian Passmore busted in all alone, making an impact in his Greenville debut after being acquired yesterday from Cincinnati, and tallied his first goal with the Grrrowl while shorthanded.
From late in the second period to early in the third, Mississippi killed off a Greenville 5-on-3 power play.
Moments later, Dumont spotted Brent Gauvreau, who deposited the eventual game-winner, his sixth of the year and extended his point streak to six games (4g-11a). The point for Dumont was his 685th career ECHL point, tying him with Darryl Noren for second all-time in league history and pulling him within four points from all-time scoring leader, Rod Taylor, and his 689 points.
Mississippi failed to score on six power play chances, while Greenville went 0-for-6 with the man advantage. Grrrowl outshot the Sea Wolves, 30-22.
Additional Notes: Earlier in the day, Sea Wolves� Steffon Walby was named the InGlasCo ECHL Player of the Week and was then placed on the 7-day injured reserve with an undisclosed injury ... Center John Evangelista is attending his brother�s wedding and also missed the game.
Mississippi wraps up its season-high six-game road trip on Thursday starting at 6 p.m. CT against the Greensboro Generals at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Listen live on ESPN Radio WXBD-AM 1490 beginning with the Nextel Pregame Show at 5:45 p.m. and online at msseawolves.com.
The Sea Wolves return home for a 4:05 p.m. game on Sunday against the Texas Wildcatters at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The game promotions include the �Party Four-Pack� consisting of four tickets, four hot dogs and four soft drinks, starting at only $44. It�s also the 3rd annual Nextel/Sea Wolves Howl Against Hunger. The first 2,000 fans that bring canned goods or non-perishables for the Back Bay Mission, will receive a �Howl Towel.�
Individual game tickets are available at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office, all TicketMaster locations and by calling 228-594-3707.
Season seat packages, flex plans and discounted group tickets are still on sale by calling 228-275-WOLF.
--- Box Score ---
DATE - 11/18/03 Mississippi (3) at Greenville (2)
SCORE BY PERIODS
Mississippi 1 1 1--3
Greenville 0 2 0--2
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Mississippi-Dumont 7 (Baxter; Lupandin) 16:19. Penalties: Passmore, GRV (Charging), 2:52. Ellis-Toddington, MIS (Tripping), 3:42. Nail, GRV (Holding stick), 6:57. Rochon, MIS (Cross checking), 10:01.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Greenville-Kirton 1 (Zehr; Stewart) 1:01. 3, Mississippi-Lupandin 1 (Blais; Maxwell) 2:17. 4, Greenville- Passmore 1 (short handed) (Fraser; Nail) 15:18. Penalties: Flache, GRV (Tripping), 4:53. Ellis-Toddington, MIS (Broken stick), 9:29. Kirton, GRV (Slashing), 11:22. Zehr, GRV (Roughing), 14:11. Kuznetsov, MIS (Holding stick), 18:45. Blais, MIS (Slashing), 19:32.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Mississippi-Gauvreau 6 (game winner) (Lupandin; Dumont) 2:37. Penalties: Zehr, GRV (Roughing), 4:16. Lupandin, MIS (Tripping), 17:22.
SHOTS ON GOAL
Mississippi 7 8 8--23
Greenville 9 11 10--30
Power Play Conversions: Mississippi - 0-of-6, Greenville - 0-of-6.
Goalies: Mississippi-Gardner (30 shots, 28 saves; record: 6-2-3). Greenville-Kabotoff (23 shots, 20 saves; record: 1-3-0).
A: 3492. Referee�T. Koharski. Linesmen--Wicklum; O�Brien.
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