Mississippi Sea Wolves

Lightning prospects yet to make a splash statistically... unless you call 9 shots in 2 games by Smolenak a splash. No? I didn't think so, either.

Mississippi Sea Wolves 1 @ Florida Everblades 4
D Jay Rosehill: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
LW Radek Smolenak: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 4 SOG
F Brandon Elliot: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG

Ex-Lightning prospect Morgan Cey allows 4 goals on 26 shots, although 3 of FLA's goals came on the power play. For the two game series, 6 of the Blade's 10 goals came on the man advantage, and another came short-handed.

Ouch. And head coach Stefan Walby waited two years for this? Mississippi was 0 for 4 on the power play and allowed a short-handed goal. Meanwhile the Sea Wolves PK was 5 of 8.

Mississippi Sea Wolves 1 @ Florida Everblades 6
D Jay Rosehill: 0-0-0, E, 4 PIM, 0 SOG
LW Radek Smolenak: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 5 SOG
F Brandon Elliot: 0-0-0, E, 17 PIM, 1 SOG

Ex-Lightning prospect Morgan Cey torched for 6 goals on 42 shots, but 4 of the 6 goals were scored by the Florida special teams.

With 3-1/2 minutes left, Brandon Elliot was tagged with the 2-5-10 (Roughing, FM, GM) in an attempt to save the Wolves a bit of face.

(Norfolk Admirals release)

Today, Norfolk Admirals General Manager Claude Loiselle announced that defensemen Brett Angel and Jay Rosehill and left wings Brandon Elliott and Radek Smolenak have been assigned to the Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL).

Rosehill, 6’4” and 215 pounds, appeared in three games for the Admirals going scoreless with 11 penalty minutes. Smolenak, 6’3” and 180 pounds, appeared in two games for the Admirals going scoreless with two penalty minutes. Smolenak was the Lightning's top forward in Traverse City, Michigan during the September prospects tournament, drawing praise from Lightning General Manager Jay Feaster, among others. Angel, 6’6” and 229 pounds, and Elliot, 6’4” and 225 pounds, had not appeared in a game with Norfolk. The Sea Wolves kick off their 2007-08 season on Friday when they visit the Florida Everblades.

Jonathan Boutin stopped 16 of 17 shots Saturday night as the Mississippi Sea Wolves completed their pre-season play 2-0 by dropping the Austin Ice Bats of the Central Hockey League by a score of 5-1.

The Sea Wolves open their 2007-2008 regular season on the road Oct 19 and 20 against the Florida Everblades.

Jonathan Boutin stopped 14 of 15 shots as the Mississippi Sea Wolves fired 44 shots of their own enroute to a 3-1 pre-season win Friday evening against the Texas Brahmas of the Central Hockey League in North Richland Hills, TX.

The Sea Wolves continue ECHL vs. CHL pre-season action tonight on the road in Austin, TX against the CHL's Austin Ice Bats.