Mississippi Sea Wolves

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Mississippi Sea Wolves
City: Biloxi, Mississippi
League: ECHL
Conference: American Conference
Division: South Division
Founded: 1996
Home Arena: Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Colors: Red and Blue
Owner(s): Mike Rogers, Erroll Hotard, Bo McMurphy, A.J. McMurphy and Pat Peck
Head Coach: Steffon Walby
Media: The Sun Herald
Affiliates: Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
Norfolk Admirals (AHL)
Championships
Regular Season Titles: 2002–2003 Southwest Division Champions (Regular Season)
Kelly Cups: 1998–1999

The Mississippi Sea Wolves are a professional hockey team based in Biloxi, Mississippi and playing in the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The Sea Wolves are members of the ECHL and are an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.

The Sea Wolves were founded in 1996 and have since enjoyed considerable success. They reached the playoffs in five of their first seven years, and celebrated a league championship in 1999, when they defeated0 the Richmond Renegades in a best of seven series to claim the Kelly Cup.

Damages from Hurricane Katrina to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum forced the team to suspend operations for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons under the ECHL's hardship provisions caused by Hurricane Katrina. A second team, the Texas Wildcatters, was also granted a hardship provision because of Hurricane Rita for one year, and resumed play in 2006–07.

Hurricane Katrina resulted in extensive damage to the team’s home arena, including flood damage to team offices and locker rooms as well as the ice-making equipment and two Zambonis.

During the 2006–07 ECHL All-Star Game, the league officially welcomed back the Sea Wolves at the Board of Governors Meeting held during the festivities.

“The ECHL is delighted to officially welcome back the Sea Wolves for their belated 10th year in the ‘Den’. While much works remains to be done, there has been significant progress since Dec. 1, 2006 and we expect that momentum will continue throughout the spring and summer months,” said ECHL Commissioner Brian McKenna. “The ownership group is unanimously behind the team and now we need fans and sponsors to lend their support to ensure a successful return.”

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[edit] 2007–08 roster

As of Oct 22, 2007. Team Roster[1]

Forwards
# Name Position Shoots Height Weight Date of Birth Birthplace
7 Torry Gajda Forward L 5' 9" 190 lb 31 May 83 Westfield, MA Flag of the United States
9 $ Mark Rooneem LW L 6' 2" 195 lb 9 Jan 83 Grande Cache, AB Flag of Canada
10 Brett Pilkington Center L 6' 00" 200 lb 6 Jan 84 Calgary, AB Flag of Canada
14 Marek Kvapil LW L 5' 11" 172 lb 5 Jan 85 Ilava, Slovakia Flag of Slovakia
16 Radek Smolenak LW L 6' 3" 204 lb 3 Dec 86 Prague, Czech Rep Flag of the Czech Republic
17 Mark Hurtubise Center R 6' 2" 185 lb 9 Jun 84 Montreal, PQ Flag of Canada
18 Lance Monych RW R 6' 2" 203 lb 25 Jul 84 Winnipeg, MB Flag of Canada
19 A Travis Lisabeth LW L 6' 0" 200 lb 1 Apr 80 Langton, ON Flag of Canada
20 Chase Trull Forward L 6' 3" 210 lb 18 Jun 84 Brookville, ON Flag of Canada
23 Ryan Menei RW R 5' 11" 203 lb 31 Jul 86 Winnipeg, MB Flag of Canada
28 Zbynek Hrdel RW R 6' 4" 195 lb 19 Aug 85 Pisek, Czech Rep. Flag of the Czech Republic
37 Mike Falk Forward R 5' 10" 170 lb 13 Mar 81 Davisburg, MI Flag of the United States
47 Bill Kinkel LW L 6' 5" 239 lb 27 Feb 84 Buffalo, NY Flag of the United States
6 Jason Tejchma Forward L 5' 10" 180 lb 13 May 83 Muskegon, MI Flag of the United States
Defensemen
3 Gio Flamminio D R 6' 0" 185 lb 3 Feb 84 Prince Albert, SK Flag of Canada
$ Jay Rosehill D L 6' 3" 210 lb 16 Jul 85 Olds, AB Flag of Canada
4 Mike Hartwick D L 6' 3" 216 lb 29 Sep 83 Bedford, NHFlag of the United States
& J.R. Holmes D L 6' 0" 201 lb 15 Mar 81 Toronto, ON Flag of Canada
11 Michael Couch D L 6' 4" 208 lb 22 Feb 83 Hanna, AB Flag of Canada
15 Pat Oliveto D R 6' 1" 190 lb 9 Jun 84 Rochester, NY Flag of the United States
22 Brandon Elliott D L 6' 4" 225 lb 8 Mar 84 Orangeville, ON Flag of Canada
27 A Matt Deschamps D R 6' 1" 210 lb 23 Apr 80 Poughkeepsie, NY Flag of the United States
28 $ Brett Angel D L 6' 6" 229 lb 29 Apr 81 Kingston, ON Flag of Canada
55 A Chris Cava D L 6' 0" 200 lb 14 Oct 80 Thunder Bay, ON Flag of Canada
Goalies
1 Len DiCostanzo G 5' 10" 185 lb 1 Apr 85 Port Jefferson Station, NY Flag of the United States
29 Morgan Cey G L 6' 3" 174 lb 27 Oct 81 Wilkie, SK Flag of Canada
30 $ Jonathan Boutin G L 6' 2" 206 lb 28 Mar 85 Granby, QC Flag of Canada
Legend: $ Recalled to Norfolk Admirals (AHL)
& Released		 A Assistant Captain
NOTE: Names are linked to stats at hockeydb.com

[edit] 2007–08 schedule/results

LeagueStat.com schedule [2]

ECHL Game # Game # Date Time Opponent Result
(Pre-Season) 12 Oct 07 07:00 pm @Texas Brahmas Win 1-3
(Pre-Season) 13 Oct 07 07:30 pm @Austin Ice Bats Win 1-5
7 1 19 Oct 07 06:30 pm @Florida Everblades Loss 1-6
16 2 20 Oct 07 06:30 pm @Florida Everblades Loss 1-4
47 3 27 Oct 07 07:05 pm Reading Royals Loss 2-5
56 4 28 Oct 07 05:05 pm Pensacola Ice Pilots SO Win 3-4
82 5 1 Nov 07 07:05 pm Gwinnett Gladiators Loss 6-2
72 6 2 Nov 07 07:05 pm Gwinnett Gladiators Loss 3-2
91 7 4 Nov 07 05:05 pm Texas Wildcatters Loss 4-0
94 8 6 Nov 07 07:05 pm Texas Wildcatters SO Loss 2-1
108 9 9 Nov 07 06:35 pm @Gwinnett Gladiators Loss 6-4
113 10 10 Nov 07 06:30 pm @Charlotte Checkers Loss 6-5
125 11 11 Nov 07 04:00 pm @South Carolina Stingrays Loss 7-3
135 12 13 Nov 07 07:05 pm Elmira Jackals Loss 4-2
146 13 16 Nov 07 07:05 pm Pensacola Ice Pilots Win 2-8
156 14 17 Nov 07 07:05 pm Pensacola Ice Pilots Loss 4-3
173 15 22 Nov 07 07:05 pm Augusta Lynx Loss 4-0
180 16 23 Nov 07 07:05 pm Augusta Lynx SO Win 5-6
191 17 24 Nov 07 07:05 pm Augusta Lynx Win 1-3
203 18 27 Nov 07 07:05 pm South Carolina Stingrays Win 3-5
208 19 28 Nov 07 07:05 pm South Carolina Stingrays Loss 5-3
212 20 30 Nov 07 08:35 pm @Augusta Lynx Loss 3-2
225 21 1 Dec 07 06:30 pm @Charlotte Checkers Win 2-3
253 22 7 Dec 07 06:05 pm @Columbia Inferno OT Win 5-6
262 23 8 Dec 07 08:05 pm @Augusta Lynx Loss 3-0
291 24 14 Dec 07 12:00 pm @Pensacola Ice Pilots OT Loss 4-3
304 25 16 Dec 07 05:05 pm @Pensacola Ice Pilots Win 0-1
315 26 20 Dec 07 07:05 pm @Texas Wildcatters Loss 2-1
323 27 21 Dec 07 07:05 pm @Texas Wildcatters OT Win 3-4
334 28 22 Dec 07 07:05 pm @Texas Wildcatters Loss 3-2
885 29 26 Dec 07 07:00 pm @Pensacola Ice Pilots Loss 5-2
350 30 28 Dec 07 07:05 pm Florida Everblades SO Loss 5-4
362 31 29 Dec 07 07:05 pm Texas Wildcatters Loss 10-5
379 32 1 Jan 08 07:05 pm Florida Everblades Win 2-5
391 33 4 Jan 08 07:05 pm Trenton Devils Win 1-4
401 34 5 Jan 08 08:35 pm @Gwinnett Gladiators Win 0-1
408 35 6 Jan 08 05:05 pm Trenton Devils Win 1-2
416 36 8 Jan 08 07:05 pm South Carolina Stingrays SO Win 3-4
434 37 9 Jan 08 08:35 pm @Gwinnett Gladiators
450 38 12 Jan 08 06:05 pm @Augusta Lynx
465 39 15 Jan 08 07:05 pm Texas Wildcatters
472 40 18 Jan 08 07:05 pm Florida Everblades
481 41 19 Jan 08 08:35 pm @Gwinnett Gladiators
494 42 20 Jan 08 05:05 pm Florida Everblades
505 43 25 Jan 08 07:05 pm @Texas Wildcatters
513 44 26 Jan 08 07:05 pm @Texas Wildcatters
520 45 27 Jan 08 07:05 pm @Texas Wildcatters
530 46 29 Jan 08 07:05 pm @Pensacola Ice Pilots
544 47 31 Jan 08 07:05 pm Columbia Inferno
560 48 6 Feb 08 04:05 pm @Cincinnati Cyclones
569 49 8 Feb 08 08:05 pm @Dayton Bombers
578 50 9 Feb 08 07:05 pm @Cincinnati Cyclones
587 51 10 Feb 08 06:05 pm @Dayton Bombers
605 52 15 Feb 08 08:05 pm @Columbia Inferno
623 53 16 Feb 08 08:05 pm @South Carolina Stingrays
637 54 19 Feb 08 07:05 pm Pensacola Ice Pilots
658 55 23 Feb 08 07:05 pm Gwinnett Gladiators
667 56 24 Feb 08 05:05 pm Pensacola Ice Pilots
673 57 26 Feb 08 07:05 pm Columbia Inferno
678 58 28 Feb 08 07:05 pm Charlotte Checkers
685 59 29 Feb 08 07:05 pm Charlotte Checkers
696 60 2 Mar 08 07:05 pm Charlotte Checkers
726 61 7 Mar 08 08:30 pm @Florida Everblades
738 62 8 Mar 08 08:30 pm @Florida Everblades
751 63 11 Mar 08 08:30 pm @Florida Everblades
809 64 21 Mar 08 07:05 pm Texas Wildcatters
819 65 22 Mar 08 07:05 pm Texas Wildcatters
825 66 23 Mar 08 05:05 pm Texas Wildcatters
833 67 26 Mar 08 08:30 pm @Columbia Inferno
844 68 28 Mar 08 08:05 pm @South Carolina Stingrays
849 69 29 Mar 08 08:05 pm @Augusta Lynx
862 70 30 Mar 08 07:05 pm @Pensacola Ice Pilots
876 71 4 Apr 08 07:05 pm Pensacola Ice Pilots
897 72 5 Apr 08 07:00 pm @Pensacola Ice Pilots

Results are linked to box scores when available.

[edit] History

ECHL Stats Archive (As of Jan 13, 2008) [3]

Season Div. Games Played Win Loss Tie Points Percentage Goals For Goals Against Penalty Minutes Coach Result
1996–97 South 70 34 26 10 78 0.557 241 245 2082 Bruce Boudreau Lost in round 1
1997–98 Southwest 70 34 27 9 77 0.550 225 224 1909 Bruce Boudreau Out of Playoffs
1998–99 Southwest 70 41 22 7 89 0.636 251 215 1357 Bruce Boudreau Won Championship
1999–00 Southwest 70 35 27 8 78 0.557 241 221 1773 Marc Potvin Lost in round 2
2000–01 Southwest 72 34 33 5 73 0.507 221 218 1310 Allen Pedersen Out of Playoffs
2001–02 Southwest 72 41 26 5 87 0.604 251 232 1706 Bob Woods lost Kelly Cup(ice pilots)
2002–03 Southwest 72 44 24 4 92 0.639 250 211 2159 Bob Woods Lost in round 3
2003–04 Central 72 45 20 7 97 0.674 256 200 1632 Bob Woods Lost in round 1
2004–05 South 72 39 24 9 87 0.604 223 215 1372 Bob Woods Lost in round 1
2005–06 Did not play due to Hurricane Katrina
2006–07
2007–08 South 37 14 20 1 31 0.419 105 136 756 Steffon Walby -

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sea Wolves Roster Page, http://www.msseawolves.com/team/roster/
  2. ^ LeagueStat.com, http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=28&season_id=5&home_away=
  3. ^ ECHL Statistics Archive, http://www.echl.com/stats_archive/index.shtml
Preceded by
Hampton Roads Admirals		 Kelly Cup Champions
1998–99		 Succeeded by
Peoria Rivermen
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ECHL (2008-09)
American Conference North Cincinnati Cyclones · Dayton Bombers · Elmira Jackals · Johnstown Chiefs · Reading Royals · Trenton Devils · Wheeling Nailers
South Augusta Lynx · Charlotte Checkers · Columbia Inferno · Florida Everblades · Gwinnett Gladiators · Mississippi Sea Wolves · Pensacola Ice Pilots · South Carolina Stingrays
National
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Future teams Myrtle Beach, SC · Toledo Walleye
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