JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jake Flynn tied the sport with 2:03 left in regulation to finish a comeback for the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, who, thanks to 2 objectives from Colton Younger and the game-winner from Brent Pedersen within the prime of the fourth shootout, claimed the win in opposition to the Jacksonville Icemen, 5-4 previous 67 minutes of hockey. The win provides the Swamp Rabbits two wins out of two video games performed of their present four-game highway journey.
Icemen jumped out on a 3-0 run earlier than the Swamp Rabbits answered to finish the interval. Derek Lodermeier kicked issues off for the Icemen when an Ivan Chukarov shot made its strategy to Jacob Ingham, in internet for the Swamp Rabbits. Ingham appeared to have the puck lined, however Lodermeier seen the puck was unfastened and jabbed it previous Ingham to present the Icemen a 1-0 lead at 7:35 of the primary (Chukarov and Ty Cheveldayoff assisted).
Christopher Brown, the Icemen Captain, doubled his crew’s lead 1:45 later when Logan Cockerill fed him a transition move within the impartial zone getting into the Swamp Rabbits third. Brown cut up the protection and fired a shot that went off of Ingham and in, giving Jacksonville a 2-0 lead at 9:20 left (Cockerill and Chukarov assisted). Moments later, Cooper Jones had a aim waved off on account of a definite kicking movement to place the puck within the internet, however Brody Crane finally bought the third tally for the Icemen within the latter half of the body.
With 5:49 left, Crane was sprung on a break by Garrett Van Whye, uncontested in direction of Ingham. Crane completed his try and tripled the new Jacksonville begin to 3-0 (Van Whye and Connor Russell assisted). Ingham was then faraway from the Swamp Rabbits internet and changed by Dryden McKay. Shortly after the goalie swap, Colton Younger ended the Icemen scoring run and bought the Swamp Rabbits on the board. With 3:39 left within the first, Jake Flynn completed a whole lap across the attacking zone and dropped the puck off to Younger on the left wall. Younger let a snipe rip from the wing, blistering his shot over the shoulder of Matt Vernon manning the Icemen internet to chop the deficit to 3-1 (Flynn and Carter Savoie assisted).
Brent Pedersen offered the one aim of the second body, bringing the Swamp Rabbits inside one in a interval that showcased back-and-forth scoring possibilities. Pedersen finally hit paydirt with 65 seconds left within the body, burying a feed from in entrance Mason Emoff from behind the web in level clean vary to deliver the Swamp Rabbits inside placing distance, trailing 3-2 getting into the third (Emoff and Parker Berge assisted).
Jacksonville re-established their multi-goal lead early within the second, however the Swamp Rabbits mounted their comeback and located a strategy to power extra-curricular exercise. On their solely energy play of the sport, the Icemen saved the puck in zone because of Rob Calisti, who labored it down low to Chase Lang. Lang discovered Zach Jordan close to the web and open, and Jordan tapped the puck previous McKay to separate the Icemen with a 4-2 lead.
Down, however not out, Colton Younger sparked a rally together with his second aim of the sport to drag the Swamp Rabbits again inside one. With 12:15 left within the sport, Parker Berge walked the blue line and rifled a long-range shot, deflected by Younger within the slot, which arced over Vernon and in to make it a 4-3 sport (Berge and Bryce Brodzinski assisted). Needing a aim late, the Swamp Rabbits bought a lift from their younger expertise, with Jake Flynn stepping up within the second. With 2:03 left, Flynn got here near the Icemen internet, situated a unfastened puck, and threaded it underneath the blocker of Vernon, squaring the sport at 4-4 together with his second of the yr (Mason Emoff assisted). The remaining 2:03 of regulation wasn’t sufficient to find out a winner, prompting extra time for the fourth time this yr for the Swamp Rabbits.
Each groups couldn’t clear up the sport in extra time, so a shootout was essential to find out the winner. The division rivals traded blows within the first two rounds, with Colton Younger and Bryce Brodzinski scoring, countered by Logan Cockerill and Brody Crane, respectively. Carter Savoie and Derek Lodermeier every couldn’t convert within the third spherical, prompting a sudden dying spherical. Within the prime of the fourth, Brent Pedersen skated full bore in direction of Vernon’s internet and buried his shot, subsequently necessitating Davis Koch of Jacksonville to attain to perpetuate the sport. Koch was denied by McKay, who sealed the come-from-behind win for the Swamp Rabbits, 5-4 within the shootout.
Jacob Ingham didn’t register a call, permitting three objectives on 9 photographs in 14:11 of his begin. Dryden McKay earned the win in reduction, staving all however one among 14 tries on internet in 52:49 of hockey, along with two of 4 shooters within the shootout (9-10-2-0).
The Swamp Rabbits proceed their week-long highway journey with a return to Orlando to rematch the Photo voltaic Bears. Puck drop on Tuesday, January 7th, is slated for 7:00 p.m. EST on the Kia Heart.
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