ECHL Game Night: 3/23/11

Wheeling Nailers 3 @ Florida Everblades 1
LW Alex Hutchings: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 45 GP, 11-13-24, -9, 33 PIM

Bobby Goepfert stopped 23 of 26 shots to take the loss for Florida Wednesday in the first game of a three game set with Wheeling. Alex Hutchings did not register a shot for the second straight game. With five games left, Florida (74 points) is one point behind South Carolina for fourth in the East with a game in hand, but just one point up on Wheeling and Elmira, who are tied for sixth. Cincinnati is in eighth with 72 points. The ‘Blades put some distance between them and ninth-place Gwinnett (67 points) with a three game road sweep last weekend. Goaltender Jaroslav Janus is currently with AHL Norfolk.