The Mississippi Sea Wolves played the visiting Monroe Moccasins on November 27th 2024. The Mississippi Sea Wolves find the back of the net first after a period filled with very little shooting, with 6 shots by each team. The lone goal in this period scored at 9:00 by #96 Blake Keller and assisted by #86 Chuck Costello and #4 Matt Stoia.
Penalties continue to rain down on both teams as we head into the second period. However, Mississippi wasn’t able to capitalize on any of the 5-4 and even 5-3 opportunities they were gifted. However, at 3:27, #29 Jay Croop found the back of the net through the 5 hole of the goaltender with assists by #94 Colby Audette and #39 Noah Hippolyte-Smith. However, the Monroe Moccasins managed to get one passed the goaltender. This came at 14:29 when #5 Ben Stefanini got an unassisted goal during a power play.
The third period continued to show fireworks as the Monroe Moccasins continued their scoring streak with two in a row. First with a goal at 4:29 by #5 Ben Stefani and assisted by #7 Declan Conway and #77 Kalle Koivuniemi. Then at 6:50 #11 Scott Coash scores with assists by #47 Kyle Stevens and #12 Dylan Hullaby, taking the lead with 13:10 left. However, once again the Sea Wolves couldn’t find the back of the net again and would end up stretching the losing streak to 10.
Goaltenders couldn’t catch a break at all during this game. With tons of power plays and penalty kills the goalies were kept on their toes. #1 Markus Ekholm Rosen of Monroe had 23 shots against with 21 saves and 2 goals against for a .913 save percentage. However, #33 Samuel Best of Mississippi faced a similar amount of shots with 23 against, however he only saved 20 shots and let 3 goals in for a .870 save percentage, yet still an improvement from last week.
by Joshua Davis
