BILOXI, Miss. � Mississippi�s Travis Lisabeth tied a team record with six points and set a new team record with five assists, while Jeff Hutchins notched his first career hat trick to lead the Mississippi Sea Wolves to a 9-2 throttling of the Texas Wildcatters in front of 4,269 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
�It was definitely a nice game all the way around for us,� Mississippi coach Bob Woods said. �Everyone was clicking on all cylinders and the power play got rolling with a season-high four goals. It�s a great way to head out on a six-game road trip beginning Friday in Victoria, British Columbia.�
Mississippi (7-9-2, 16 points) got rolling with the man advantage. Rookie Mike Jarmuth hammered home a hard slap shot that beat goaltender Davis Parley at the 3:36 mark. Jarmuth�s fourth goal of the season was assisted by Milt Mastad and Louis Dumont.
Sea Wolves went up 2-0 at 14:01. Hutchins blasted a shot from the slot by Parley for his seventh goal of the season. Jay Legault and Lisabeth picked up the helpers.
Mississippi rookie Lucas Drake tallied his first professional goal on a backhand in front of the Texas net at 15:19, giving the Sea Wolves a 3-0 lead. Pat O�Leary and Darryl Campbell garnered assists.
Texas (5-9-5, 15 points) scored its first goal in seven periods at 5:56 of the middle stanza. Wildcatters captain Brian Stacey floated a left point shot through traffic past Matt Underhill. Assists went to Dean Stork and Terry Marchant, who picked up his first point in a Texas uniform since being acquired in trade with Augusta on Tuesday.
Sea Wolves regained their three-goal lead at 16:47. Nicolas Corbeil took a feed from Mike Martone and whistled a left circle shot in for his seventh of the campaign. Lisabeth also picked up his second assist of the night.
Anthony Battaglia made it 5-1 for Mississippi with a power-play tally with 1:33 remaining in the second. Assists were awarded to Corbeil and Chris Cava, who picked up his second helper in as many games.
Late in the second, Cava dropped the gloves with Jason Kostadine. Both players were assessed five minutes for fighting, while Kostadine drew an additional five-minute major for biting.
Sea Wolves took advantage in the ensuing power-play, netting two goals. Lisabeth scored his fifth of the year, while Hutchins scored his second of the night to make it 7-1 for Mississippi. With that goal, Phil Osaer took over in the Wildcatters net for Parley.
Texas responded with a goal on the man advantage at 8:11. Andrew Ianiero converted on a pass from Lou Dickenson. John Snowden also garnered an assist.
Mississippi kept coming in the third. Hutchins went in on a breakaway at 11:02 to score his third of the game and team-leading ninth of the year. Lisabeth collected his fourth helper of the game and Jarmuth also assisted.
To round out the scoring, Jay Legault cut in front of the Texas net to deposit his first goal in a Sea Wolves uniform. Lisabeth picked up his team record fifth assist of the game and Austin Miller also grabbed a helper. Lisabeth�s six points ties Forbes MacPherson, who had two goals and four assists for Mississippi on December 28, 1997 against the Mobile Mysticks.
Mississippi converted on 4-of-5 power play chances, while Texas went 2-for-5. Sea Wolves outshot the Wildcatters 36-31.
Additional notes: Monica Rider of Biloxi was the lucky winner of the 2005 Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster ... There was a pregame performance by Fox and the Hounds ... The Harrison Central High School Band performed during the first intermission ... Waiting For Brantley performed postgame ... It was also Boy Scout Night.
Mississippi heads out on a season-high six-game road trip beginning in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada for the first of three games against the Salmon Kings at 9 p.m. CT on Friday at Bear Mountain Arena in Colwood, B.C.
The Sea Wolves next home game is at 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday, December 22 against the Charlotte Checkers at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
Individual tickets for Sea Wolves home games can be purchased at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling (228) 385-2600 and online at ticketmaster.com.
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
Texas 0 1 1--2
Mississippi 3 2 4--9
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Mississippi-Jarmuth 4 (power play) (Mastad;
Dumont) 3:36. 2, Mississippi-Hutchins 7 (Legault; Lisabeth) 14:01. 3,
Mississippi-Drake 1 (game winner) (O'Leary; Campbell) 15:19.
Penalties: Kostadine, TEX (Roughing), 1:55. Ellis-Toddington, MIS
(Roughing), 1:55. MacInnis, TEX (Slashing), 3:28. Martone, MIS
(Unsportsmanlike Cond), 4:06. Legault, MIS (High sticking), 15:44.
Kostadine, TEX (Unsportsmanlike Cond), 18:21. Jacobson, MIS
(Unsportsmanlike Cond), 18:21.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Texas-Stacey 1 (power play) (Stork;
Marchant) 5:56. 5, Mississippi-Corbeil 7 (Martone; Lisabeth) 16:47. 6,
Mississippi-Battaglia 6 (power play) (Cava; Corbeil) 18:27.
Penalties: BENCH, MIS served by Jacobson (Too many men), 5:48.
O'Leary, MIS (Roughing), 12:50. MacInnis, TEX (Tripping), 17:13.
Bellemare, TEX (Roughing), 19:07. Jacobson, MIS (Roughing), 19:07.
Cava, MIS (Fighting, Major), 19:07. Kostadine, TEX (Fighting, Major,
Match penalty), 19:07.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 7, Mississippi-Lisabeth 5 (power play)
(Ellis-Toddington; Corbeil) 1:44. 8, Mississippi-Hutchins 8
(power play) (Legault; Lisabeth) 3:20. 9, Texas-Ianiero 9
(power play) (Dickenson; Snowden) 8:11. 10, Mississippi-Hutchins 9
(Lisabeth; Jarmuth) 11:02. 11, Mississippi-Legault 1 (Lisabeth;
Miller) 15:58. Penalties: O'Leary, MIS (Hooking), 6:51.
SHOTS ON GOAL
Texas 8 10 13--31
Mississippi 12 14 10--36
Power Play Conversions: Texas - 2 of 5, Mississippi - 4 of 5.
Goalies: Texas-Osaer (5 shots, 3 saves); Parley (31 shots, 24 saves;
record: 2-4-3). Mississippi-Underhill (31 shots, 29 saves; record:
2-3-2).
A: 4269. Referee: Koharski. Linesmen: Ross; Finley.
