After five lackluster performances against the Corpus Christi IceRays this season, Tupelo finally showed why it was the No. 1 team in the Western Professional Hockey League. The series moves to Tupelo for the final four games beginning Friday. I thought we outplayed them the first period and a half, but every chance they got they buried it.
Tupelo's a great team, and they did a good job defensively in the second and third periods.
This is a long series and we're not going to get too down. We just have to come ready to rock and roll tomorrow night. Jason Firth, who broke the tip of his right index finger in Friday night's 7-3 loss to the IceRays, scored two goals and had two assists to pace Tupelo's onslaught. Corpus Christi again outshot Tupelo Saturday, but T-Rex goaltender Stu Dunn stopped 38 of 39 shots. He kept us in the game and that's what you want the goalie to do.