BILOXI, Miss. � In front of a season-high crowd of 6,074, goaltender Jason Wolfe made 47 saves and Nicolas Corbeil notched a pair of goals to lead the Mississippi Sea Wolves over the Gwinnett Gladiators 4-1 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
�We needed this win,� Mississippi coach Bob Woods said. �We didn�t make any huge changes from last night, but Wolfe made some big saves for us tonight. It�s nice to get back to 500 and now we have six days between games to work on some things in practice.�
Mississippi (4-4-0, 8 points) started the scoring at the 10:37 mark of the first period. Rookie defenseman Mike Jarmuth jumped into the rush on the left wing and beat goaltender T.J. Aceti with a snap shot for his second goal of the season. Kerry Ellis-Toddington and Louis Dumont registered assists.
Nicolas Corbeil gave the Sea Wolves a 2-0 lead at 16:39. Corbeil busted around Brian Sipotz and slid the puck under Aceti on the breakaway for his third tally of the campaign. Anthony Battaglia picked up a helper along with Dumont, which was his second of the contest.
Gwinnett (4-1-3, 11 points), who lost in regulation for the first time this season, cut the margin in half in the second period. Rookie Kevin Harris faked a shot from the blueline, then sent a wrist shot past Wolfe on the Gladiators 28th shot of the game. Peter Flache was awarded an assist on the goal.
At 14:30 of the second, Gladiators captain Cam Brown nailed Sea Wolves defenseman Chris Cava from behind to receive a five-minute major penalty for boarding. With the penalty, Brown became the all-time ECHL penalty minute leader surpassing Brian Goudie with 2,258 penalty minutes.
On the ensuing power play, Mississippi took advantage. Jeff Hutchins deposited his fourth goal of the year and second in as many games, with assists going to Milt Mastad and Bobby Cunningham.
At 10:02 of the third, the Sea Wolves' Corbeil netted his second of the contest to double his output on the season with his fourth tally overall. Battaglia collected his second assist of the game, while Dumont picked up his third.
In the final minute, Mississippi�s Hutchins, who is 6-foot and 205-pounds dropped the gloves with Lane Manson, who is 6-foot-8 and 200-pounds.
Mississippi went 1-for-7 on the power play, while Gwinnett failed to register on five man advantage opportunities. Gladiators outshot the Sea Wolves 48-41.
Additional note: Bryan Graham, ECHL Vice President and Director of Officiating was in attendance.
The Sea Wolves upcoming games feature a home-and-home series with the Louisiana IceGators beginning at 7:05 p.m. on Friday at the Cajundome in Lafayette.
Mississippi�s next home game is at 7:35 p.m. on Saturday versus Louisiana at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The game promotion consists of $2 hotdogs and $2 drafts from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Individual tickets for Saturday�s game can be purchased at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling (228) 594-3707 and online at ticketmaster.com.
Listen to the broadcasts live on WGCM-AM 1240 or online at msseawolves.com, courtesy of Teamline.
Watch the games on a pay-per-view basis online, courtesy of B2 Networks, at msseawolves.com.
Season ticket packages, flex packs, discounted groups tickets and fundraiser opportunities are available by calling (228) 275-WOLF or online at msseawolves.com.
--- Box Score ---
SCORE BY PERIODS
Gwinnett 0 1 0--1
Mississippi 2 1 1--4
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Mississippi-Jarmuth 2 (Dumont; Battaglia)
10:37. 2, Mississippi-Corbeil 3 (game winner) (Ellis-Toddington;
Dumont) 16:39. Penalties: Hutchins, MIS (Tripping), 4:50.
Stathopoulos, GWT (Hooking), 11:59.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Gwinnett-Harris 1 (Flache) 11:36. 4,
Mississippi-Hutchins 4 (power play) (Mastad; Cunningham) 18:10.
Penalties: Brown, GWT (Board check, Major), 14:30. Cava, MIS
(Slashing), 14:30. Durno, GWT (Holding), 17:11. Lisabeth, MIS
(Roughing), 17:11. McCulloch, GWT (Cross checking), 19:05. Corbeil,
MIS (Kneeing), 20:00.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Mississippi-Corbeil 4 (Battaglia; Dumont)
10:02. Penalties: O'Leary, MIS (Elbowing), 5:02. McCulloch, GWT
(Hooking), 10:53. BENCH, GWT served by Smith (Unsportsmanlike Cond),
12:49. Battaglia, MIS (High sticking, Double minor), 14:26. Smith,
GWT (Slashing), 15:55. Manson, GWT (Fighting, Major), 19:28.
Hutchins, MIS (Fighting, Major), 19:28.
SHOTS ON GOAL
Gwinnett 10 22 16�48
Mississippi 15 14 12--41
Power Play Conversions: Gwinnett - 0 of 5, Mississippi - 1 of 7.
Goalies: Gwinnett-Aceti (41 shots, 37 saves; record: 3-1-0).
Mississippi-Wolfe (48 shots, 47 saves; record: 3-2-0).
A: 6074. Referee: Banfield. Linesmen: Jones; Ross.
