Columbus, GA – The Columbus River Dragons suffered a troublesome loss in opposition to the Monroe Moccasins in a extremely contentious matchup.
Over 2,300 native Columbus followers seemed on as Columbus’ disorganization on the ice led to a bench minor for too many males on the ice, serving to Monroe to drag off an early 2-0 lead on the finish of the primary interval on targets scored by Helmer Oskarsson and Corey Cunningham.
Columbus allowed a purpose at 14:12 by Scott Coash, to place Monroe up 3-0 and concluding the second body.
The third interval was purple sizzling. Columbus’ Ryan Hunter eradicated Monroe’s hopes of a shutout, placing Columbus on the board at 2:08 and making it 3-1.
The Moccasins answered rapidly, with Coash (at 3:35) and Cunningham (PPG at 4:43) scoring their second of the night time, placing them up 5-1 over the River Dragons.
Momentum shifted in favor of Columbus for a bit, scoring twice in 9 seconds. Nolan Slachetka scored a 3-on-3 purpose at 10:31 on an help by Preston Kugler (marking his first FPHL level) and Alexander Jmaeff scored his one centesimal FPHL purpose on a 4-on-4 play at 10:40, closing the hole on the Moccasins to 5-3.
Following Nathan Balkwill’s combating (5 minute main) and recreation misconduct, Oskarsson buried his second of the night time and gifted Monroe one other 3-point lead over Columbus, making it 6-3.
Blake Anderson closed it out for the Moccasins, scoring a short-handed purpose at 16:10 and sealing the win over the River Dragons, 7-3.
The River Dragons allowed a season-high 7 targets on this matchup, and recorded a complete of 32 penalty minutes.
The Monroe Moccasins will stay in Columbus tonight, the place the River Dragons look to settle the rating and keep away from the weekend sweep.
Followers in Columbus will get pleasure from Ugly Sweater Night time and their annual Teddy Bear Toss tonight.
