Thunderbirds Claim Season Series Sweep in 4-2 Victory Over Sea Wolves

Carolina once again found the back of the net first as Roman Kraemer picked his corner and placed a perfect shot to beat Richie Parent 3:32 into the game to give Carolina the 1-0 lead. 5:04 later Jiri Pestuka doubled up the Carolina advantage as he shot a puck from the top of the slot and followed up and buried the rebound behind Parent, 2-0. Mississippi received a power play on a Zach White hook that saw White and Ross Bartlett drop the gloves. On the ensuing power play Turner threw a puck on Mario Cavaliere that ended up in the back of net to bring the Sea Wolves back to within a goal, 2-1.

With no scoring in the second period it seemed plausible for the Sea Wolves entering the final frame. Gus Ford attempted to dash any hopes for Mississippi with a goal 43 seconds into the frame to give Carolina a 3-1 lead. However a Brendan Hussey tip on a Lucas Piekarczyk shot at 7:05 kept hope alive drawing the Sea Wolves back to within one goal, 3-2. Clay Keeley dashed that hope at 13:23 on a power play against Richie Parent for a trip Keeley found the back of the net from the point for a 4-2 lead.

Parent stopped 23 of 27 in the loss.

The Sea Wolves return to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum to take on the Baton Rouge Zydeco tomorrow afternoon at 4pm.