BILOXI, Miss. � The Mississippi Sea Wolves registered one of a possible six points last week, compiling a 0-2-1 record over a stretch of three games in three days.
On Thanksgiving Thursday, the Las Vegas Wranglers edged Mississippi 3-2 in the first-ever meeting between the teams, which was held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The Sea Wolves were blanked by the Texas Wildcatters 4-0 on Friday at the Wolves Den, while Mississippi dropped a 5-4 overtime decision on Saturday against the Gwinnett Gladiators in Duluth, Georgia.
After 16 of 72 regular season ECHL games, the Sea Wolves are 6-8-2 with 14 points. Mississippi is 5-5-1 at home, 1-3-1 on the road, 0-1 in overtime and 2-1 in shootouts.
Mississippi is tied for fifth place in the South Division with the Florida and sits in a 10th place tie with the Everblades in the American Conference, just one point out of a playoff spot.
LAST WEEK�S RESULTS � 3 gp, 0-2-1 = 1 pt
Thursday, November 25 vs. Las Vegas Wranglers � Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Wranglers 3, Sea Wolves 2 � Loss
* First-ever meeting between the teams
* Las Vegas goal scorers were Jason Spence, Dana Lattery and Patrik Nilson, who scored the game-winner and his first tally of the season
* Sea Wolves received goals from Nicolas Corbeil and Milt Mastad, who netted his first of the campaign
* Wranglers� Marc Magliarditi collected the win on 36 saves
* Mississippi�s Matt Underhill suffered the setback by turning aside 23 shots
Friday, November 26 vs. Texas Wildcatters � Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Wildcatters 4, Sea Wolves 0 � Loss
* Texas goaltender Phil Osaer registered his first shutout of the season by making 34 saves
* Sea Wolves� Jason Wolfe stopped 29 shots to take the loss
* Wildcatters� Brad Voth collected two goals, while Tim Braham and John Snowden counted the others
* The blanking was the second time this season that Mississippi failed to score a goal, with the other coming on November 2 versus Pensacola
Saturday, November 27 at Gwinnett Gladiators � The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Ga.
Gladiators 5, Sea Wolves 4 � Overtime Loss
* Gwinnett�s Jim Jackson scored his second of the game to give the Gladiators a come from behind win 40 seconds into overtime
* Gladiators� Chris Durno scored the tying goal with 57 seconds left in regulation time, while Mike Vigilante and Ryan Van Buskirk netted the other Gwinnett markers
* Mississippi built up a 3-0 first period lead on goals from Louis Dumont, Anthony Battaglia and Travis Lisabeth, plus a third period goal by Mike Jarmuth
* Sea Wolves� Matt Underhill suffered the loss despite making a season-high 50 saves
* Gladiators� T.J. Aceti turned away 21-of-25 shots to pick up the win
GAMES, PROMOTIONS AND BROADCASTS THIS WEEK �
Mississippi travels to Pensacola on Friday and hosts Texas on Saturday.
Friday, December 3 at Pensacola Ice Pilots � 7:05 p.m. CT � Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, Fla.
* Watch live on a pay-per-view basis online at msseawolves.com, courtesy of B2 Networks
* Listen live on WGCM-AM 1240
Saturday, December 4 vs. Texas Wildcatters � 7:35 p.m. CT � Mississippi Coast Coliseum
* Guaranteed 2005 Harley-Davidson Giveaway. Must be present to win.
* $2 hotdogs and $2 drafts from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
* Boy Scouts Night
* Harrison Central High School Night with a performance by the Harrison Central Red Rebels band
GAME PREVIEWS �
Friday, December 3 at Pensacola Ice Pilots � 7:05 p.m. CT � Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, Fla.
* This game is the third of 12 games in the season series and first of six contests at the Hangar in Pensacola
* Pensacola leads the season series 2-0-0
* In 2003-04, the Sea Wolves went 3-3-1 at the Pensacola Civic Center
* In the last meeting on November 2, Ice Pilots goaltender Todd Ford made 30 saves in his professional debut to shutout the Sea Wolves 5-0 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum
* Jeff Hutchins leads Mississippi with two assists and two points in the season series
* Kerry Ellis-Toddington and Mike Jarmuth are the only Sea Wolves to score goals versus Pensacola in the head-to-head meetings this season
* Jordan Krestanovich (0g-4a) and Tyler Beechey (2g-2a) are tied for the Pensacola lead in points against Mississippi in the season series
* Krestanovich is tops with four assists, while Beechey, Dwayne Hay and Chris St. Jacques have each notched two goals versus the Sea Wolves this season
* Mississippi is 46-21-5 all-time in the regular season against Pensacola and 20-12-2 at Pensacola
Saturday, December 4 vs. Texas Wildcatters � 7:35 p.m. CT � Mississippi Coast Coliseum
* The fourth of 11 games in the season series and third of six at the Wolves Den
* The Sea Wolves lead the season series 2-1-0 and are 1-1-0 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum
* Texas goaltender Phil Osaer turned away all 34 shots and shutout Mississippi in the last head-to-head meeting 4-0 on November 26 at the Wolves Den
* Sea Wolves� Travis Lisabeth leads Mississippi with three assists and four points against Texas
* Mississippi�s Pat O�Leary is tops with three goals versus the Wildcatters after notching his first career hat trick in the Sea Wolves 4-2 win at Texas on November 20
* Texas forward Andrew Ianiero leads the Wildcatters with four assists and five points against the Sea Wolves
* Wildcatters� John Snowden has three goals, which is the most for Texas versus Mississippi
* Sea Wolves are 15-3-0 all-time in the regular season against the Wildcatters and 8-2-0 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum
STREAKING SEA WOLVES �
* Right wing Travis Lisabeth has six points (1g-5a) over his last two road games
* Left wing Pat O�Leary has five points (3g-2a) over his last two road contests
* Left wing Jeff Hutchins has three points (1g-2a) over his last two road games
* Defenseman Mike Jarmuth has two points (1g-1a) over his last two road contests
* Mississippi is winless in its last three games (0-2-1)
MISSISSIPPI MILESTONE WATCH �
* Left wing Jeff Hutchins is one assist from 50 in his pro career and nine points from 100 in his pro career (156 gp, 42g-49a, 91 pts, 466 PIM)
* Center Louis Dumont ranks seventh all-time in ECHL career goals with 293 is two goals shy of tying Darryl Noren for sixth all-time in league history
* Center Nicolas Corbeil is two games from 50 in his pro career (48 gp, 15g-23a, 38 pts, 24 PIM)
* Defenseman Mike Martone is two points from 50 in his pro career and six games from 200 in his pro career (194 gp, 11g-37a, 48 pts, 360 PIM)
* Defenseman Milt Mastad is three points from 100 in his pro career (515 gp, 26g-71a, 97 pts, 1,041 PIM)
* Goaltender Jason Wolfe is three games from 100 in his pro career and five wins from 50 (97 gp, 45-36-7 record)
* Defenseman Austin Miller is five games from 150 in his pro and Sea Wolves career (145 gp, 9g-19a, 28 pts, 153 PIM)
* Left wing Pat O�Leary is seven games from 150 in his pro career (143 gp, 39g-45a, 84 pts, 169 PIM)
* Left wing Anthony Battaglia is 10 games from 150 in his pro career (140 gp, 34g-29a, 63 pts, 62 PIM)
SEA WOLVES INJURED RESERVE �
* Right wing Jay Legault went on the 30-day injured reserve on November 3
* Left wing Lucas Drake was placed on the 7-day injured reserve on November 16
MISSISSIPPI PLAYERS CALLED UP �
None.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK � Right wing Travis Lisabeth tallied three points last week on a goal and two helpers. A native of Langton, Ontario, Lisabeth has a total of four goals, 10 points and a plus/minus of +1 in 16 games this season. The 24-year-old Lisabeth is in his fourth professional season and fourth year with Mississippi.
GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK � Goaltender Matt Underhill made a Sea Wolves season-high 50 saves only to drop a 5-4 overtime decision at Gwinnett on Saturday. The 25-year-old Underhill has appeared in six games compiling a 1-3-2 record with Mississippi this season. A native of Campbell River, British Columbia, Underhill has a 3.13 goals-against average and .915 save percentage.
TRANSACTIONS FROM LAST WEEK �
None
TEAM LEADERS �
Goals � Nicolas Corbeil, 6
Assists � Louis Dumont, 12
Points � Louis Dumont, 16
Plus/Minus � Kerry Ellis-Toddington, Jeff Hutchins and Pat O�Leary, +4
Penalty Minutes � Lee Jacobson, 70
Power Play Goals � Jeff Hutchins, 2
Shorthand Goals � Anthony Battaglia, 1
Game-Winning Goals � Louis Dumont, 2
First Goals � Mike Jarmuth, 2
Goaltender Wins � Jason Wolfe, 4
Goals Against Average � Jason Wolfe, 3.06
Save Percentage � Jason Wolfe, .922
SPECIAL TEAMS (ECHL Rank) �
Power Play � 7-for-83, 8.4% (27)
Penalty Killing � 65-of-80, 81.3% (22)
Shorthand Goals For � 1 (T13)
Shorthand Goals Against � 1 (T8)
PRACTICES THIS WEEK �
Monday � 10-11:30 a.m.
Tuesday � 10-11:30 a.m.
Wednesday � 10-11:30 a.m.
Thursday � 10-11:30 a.m.
Friday � 10 a.m., morning skate
Saturday � 10 a.m., morning skate
Sunday � Day off
* All practices are open to the public at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, unless otherwise noted. Dates and times are subject to change.
LISTEN AND WATCH GAMES LIVE � Join Mike Kelly, �Voice of the Sea Wolves� for play-by-play action of all home and away games on WGCM-AM 1240.
Listen on the internet at msseawolves.com, courtesy of Teamline. Bring your radio and headphones to the home games and tune into 88.5 FM inside the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
Watch all home games and most of the Sea Wolves road games live online on a pay-per-view basis, courtesy of B2 Networks, at msseawolves.com.
IN THE COMMUNITY �
Tuesday, November 30, 6:30 p.m.
* Player appearance for all ages at PJ's Coffee & Tea Co., located on Pass Road in Gulfport. Meet your favorite Sea Wolves players and get their autographs.
Groups, organizations and companies that are interested in having members of the Sea Wolves appear at an event, are invited to call (228) 388-6151.
Flex packs, discounted group tickets and fundraiser opportunities are available by calling (228) 275-WOLF.
Individual game tickets start at $9 for children and $11 for adults. Tickets are on sale at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by telephone at (228) 385-2600 and online at ticketmaster.com.
