BILOXI, Miss. � Four different goal scorers paced Mississippi to a 4-1 win over the Pee Dee Pride, giving the Sea Wolves their fifth straight victory before 4,210 fans at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
�It was one of our better games all year,� Mississippi coach Bob Woods said. �We had good puck pursuit, the defense and goaltending didn�t give the Pride many good chances and our power play was clicking. If we continue to play like this, we�ll have a solid second half of the season.�
Mississippi (21-14-3, 45 points) hit stride at the 10:57 mark. Nicolas Corbeil stung his former team with a right circle shot beating Nick Boucher for his 10th of the season. Assists went to Kerry Ellis-Toddington and Jay Legault, who has registered helpers in four consecutive games.
The Sea Wolves got their power play in gear to make it 2-0. Defenseman Chris Cava unleashed a wrist shot from the high slot to connect on his sixth goal of the campaign set up by Louis Dumont and Anthony Battaglia at 17:59.
Pee Dee (22-16-2, 46 points) was turned away by Mississippi goaltender Matt Underhill on all nine first period shots.
In the second, the Sea Wolves pounced early with the man advantage. Travis Lisabeth buried a Cava rebound to make it 3-0 for Mississippi just 55 seconds into the middle stanza. Legault picked up his second assist of the game. That goal signaled a goaltender change for Pee Dee, with Sebastien Laplante replacing Boucher.
Mississippi kept coming with offense. John Evangelista fed a breakaway pass to Mike Jarmuth, who tallied for the third straight game and extended his point streak to five. The assist for Evangelista was his fourth game in a row counting a helper. Darryl Campbell, who played in his 100th career game with the Sea Wolves, was also awarded an assist on the Jarmuth goal, which gave the Sea Wolves a 4-0 lead after 40 minutes.
The Pride, who have dropped three consecutive games, solved Underhill on the 19th shot of the game. Jake Weigand deposited a rebound at 1:07 of the third to notch his second of the season. Allan Sirois and Gregg Johnson had the helpers.
Mississippi went 2-for-6 on the power play, while Pee Dee was unable to convert on three chances. Pride outshot the Sea Wolves 35-32.
The Sea Wolves play their third game of a four-game homestand at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday against the Texas Wildcatters at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
Individual tickets for Tuesday�s home game can be purchased at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling (228) 385-2600 and online at ticketmaster.com.
Watch the live web telecast for $6, courtesy of B2 Networks, online at msseawolves.com. Listen live on flagship radio station WGCM-AM 1240, or online at msseawolves.com, courtesy of Teamline.
Flex packs, discounted groups tickets, birthday packages and fundraiser opportunities are available by calling (228) 275-WOLF or online at msseawolves.com.
--- Box Score ---
SCORE BY PERIODS
Pee Dee 0 0 1--1
Mississippi 2 2 0--4
FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Mississippi-Corbeil 10 (Ellis-Toddington;
Legault) 10:57. 2, Mississippi-Cava 6 (game winner) (power play)
(Dumont; Battaglia) 17:59. Penalties: Wiegand, PD (Cross checking),
4:50. Cava, MIS (Holding stick), 7:49. Johnson, PD (Hooking), 17:12.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Mississippi-Lisabeth 10 (power play)
(Cava; Legault) 0:55. 4, Mississippi-Jarmuth 9 (Evangelista; Campbell)
4:34. Penalties: Ilijow, PD (Tripping), 0:18. Kindle, PD (Hooking),
7:34. BENCH, MIS served by Lisabeth (Too many men), 14:05.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Pee Dee-Wiegand 2 (Sirois; Johnson) 1:07.
Penalties: Vodrazka, PD (Roughing), 8:13. O'Leary, MIS (Hooking),
11:15. Wiegand, PD (Slashing), 18:48.
SHOTS ON GOAL
Pee Dee 9 8 18--35
Mississippi 10 10 12--32
Power Play Conversions: Pee Dee - 0 of 3, Mississippi - 2 of 6.
Goalies: Pee Dee-Laplante (21 shots, 20 saves); Boucher (11 shots,
8 saves; record: 14-11-2). Mississippi-Underhill (35 shots,
34 saves; record: 13-6-3).
A: 4210. Referee: Biolata. Linesmen: Ross; Stanton.
