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Conference South - Quarterfinals
AUGUSTA LYNX vs GREENVILLE GRRROWL |
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| AUGUSTA
LYNX |
TEAMS |
GREENVILLE GRRROWL |
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6th |
6TH |
3rd |
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30-36-6
(66 PTS) |
RECORD |
45-24-3
(93 PTS) |
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20th
(14.9%) |
POWER
PLAY |
16th
(17.0%) |
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17th
(81.5%) |
PENALTY
KILL |
16th
(81.6%) |
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Nicolas
Corbeil
(27 G - 38 A - 65 PTS) -16 |
FORWARD |
John
Snowden
(27 G - 37 A - 64 PTS) +22 |
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Brian
Passmore
(27 G - 31 A - 58 PTS) -1 |
FORWARD |
Colin
Pepperall
(15 G - 47 A - 54 PTS) +7 |
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Chris
Leinweber
(11 G - 22 A - 33 PTS) -6 |
DEFENSEMAN |
Jason
Jozsa
(5 G - 35 A - 40 PTS) +13 |
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Martin
LaPointe
(12 G - 19 A - 31 PTS) +1 |
DEFENSEMAN |
Cody
Blanshan
(12 G - 15 A - 27 PTS) +23 |
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Jason
Wolfe (16-21-2-1)
(0 SO - 3.24 GA - .897 PCT) |
GOALTENDER |
Cam
Ellsworth (22-10-3-1)
(4 SO - 2.85 GA - .902 PCT) |
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Michael
Wall (8-11-1-1)
(1 SO - 3.83 GA - .879 PCT) |
GOALTENDER |
Jeff
Deslauriers (2-4-0-0)
(0 SO - 3.05 GA - .899 PCT) |
GAME
1
Augusta 1 - Greenville 2
Greenville Leads
Series 1-0
GREENVILLE, SC - The Greenville Grrrowl won Game One of their best-of-three Division Quarterfinal Series against the Augusta Lynx Sunday afternoon, 2-1.
Brock Radunske, who had a team-record 38 goals in the regular season, scored the game-winner with 9:45 left in regulation. Jeff Deslauriers stopped 27 shots for the win, while Jason Wolfe made 29 saves in the hard-luck loss.
With the win, the Grrrowl assured themselves of at least one more home playoff game at the BI-LO Center this season. If Greenville wins on Tuesday, it will host Game Three of the Division Semifinals against Florida on April 21st. If Greenville loses on Tuesday, it will host the deciding third game of this playoff series against Augusta on Wednesday, April 12th.
Augusta’s Ryan Lang scored the first goal of the 2006 Kelly Cup playoffs, beating Jeff Deslauriers after eluding the Grrrowl defense. The goal put the Lynx on top 1-0, and that score stood up until the first intermission. Augusta outshot Greenville 11-5 in the first.
The Grrrowl evened the score at 1-1 at 5:30 of the second, with Tim Sestito finishing off an Adam Nightingale pass for the equalizer. Daryl Pierce recorded an assist as well, and the score remained 1-1 heading into the second intermission. Radunske hit the post in the closing minutes of the second, and the Grrrowl outshot the Lynx 14-4 in the second.
Greenville went on the power play at 10:03 of the third, when Sam Ftorek was whistled for hooking by referee Jason Rollins. Just 18 seconds later, Radunske broke into the Augusta zone and beat Jason Wolfe, five-hole, for the eventual game winner. Colin Pepperall and rookie defenseman Andrew Martens assisted on the goal.
This is the second time the Grrrowl have played the Lynx in the postseason, with the other meeting coming in the 2000 conference semifinals, a series Greenville won 3-games-to-1.
The American Conference Southern Division Semifinals continue Tuesday, with Game Two slated for 7:35 p.m. in Augusta. Game Three, if necessary, will be at the BI-LO Center on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m.
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GAME
2
Greenville 3 - Augusta 2 (OT)
Greenville Wins
Series 2-0
GREENVILLE, SC - The Augusta Lynx first trip to the postseason in four years came to an end on Tuesday night at the hands of John Snowden and the Greenville Grrrowl 12:47 into the first overtime period at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center.
Snowden's overtime game winner caromed off the middle bar of the net, sounding the end of Augusta's return to the playoffs as the puck slid over the left shoulder of Jason Wolfe for a power play goal and the series victory. The power play goal was Greenville's second of the game and third of the series.
Allan Sirois and Adam Nightingale staked the Grrrowl to a 2-0 first period lead. Sirois scored just 57 seconds into the middle frame during a five-on-three advantage, while Nightingale netted the only even strength goal of the game for Greenville at 17:08 from Tim Sestito and Tyler Mosienko.
The Lynx battled back starting at 7:12 of the third period when Sam Ftorek roofed the puck just under the crossbar on Jeff Deslauriers (35 saves) to get Augusta on the board. Anthony Battaglia followed with a power play marker from Chris Leinweber and Nicolas Corbeil, pounding home a goalmouth rebound under Deslauriers to knot the contest and send it to overtime.
Greenville would finish the contest 2-for-7 with the man advantage while Augusta ended the night 1-for-8. Wolfe turned in a 32 save performance in taking the loss.
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| AMERICAN
CONF.
SOUTH QUARTERFINALS
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| AUGUSTA
vs
GREENVILLE |
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GAME
1 - APR. 9 |
AUG
1 - GRE 2 |
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GAME
2 - APR. 11 |
GRE
3 - AUG 2 (OT) |
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Greenville
Wins
Series 2-0 |
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