Mississippi Sea Wolves Sink, Texas Wildcatters Take 5-1 Win - ECHL

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Biloxi, MS — Kevin Baker and John McNabb eached scored twice as the Wildcatters notched their fiftieth win of the year, getting the last laugh in Mississippi with a 5-1 win over the Sea Wolves Sunday afternoon at the Mississippi Coast Colesium.

Baker began the scoring for the Catters (50-7-4-7 = 111 pts) with the first of three Texas power play goals at 9:03 of the first period (McNabb, Brandon Benedict), his 24th of the year.

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Outshooting the Sea Wolves 16-10 through the first frame, McNabb would add to the Texas lead with his first of the night and 28th of the season at 11:14 of the second period (Dan Welch, Cleve Kinley) and again with a power play goal at 17:53 to make the score 3-0.

Poised to take a three-goal lead into the final period, Jason Tejchma would score a controversial goal in the final moments of the second period, stuffing a rebound past Catters goalie Kris Tebbs as the goal judge’s green light came on, indicating the end of the period. Referee Jason Rollins ruled in favor of the home team, allowing the goal to stand as the squads retreated to the locker room.

That would be all the eighth-place Sea Wolves could muster as the Wildcatters appeared in top form despite still missing nine of the players that have Texas on the verge of matching the ECHL points record (116, Louisiana 2001-02). John Adams, Max Taylor, Jonathan Paiement, Marco Rosa, Ross Carlson, Matt Kassian, Troy Riddle, and goalie Anton Khudobin all are currently recalled to the AHL and Scott Champagne is sidelined with a knee injury. 

Tebbs would make 27 saves and the Wildcatters power play would go 3-for-6 while putting 46 pucks on net as the Wildcatters.

With four games remaining in the regular season, the Wildcatters need just one more victory or tie to guarantee a new ECHL record is set for fewest regulation losses (11, Richmond 1995-96) and one more win to move into a four-way tie for the third-most wins in a season.

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