ESTERO, FL - The South Carolina Stingrays dropped the second game of a two-game sett with the Florida Everblades, 3-1, Saturday night at Hertz Arena.
The loss was South Carolina’s first on the road this season, as the Stingrays won their previous four. Alex Gaffney opened the scoring for South Carolina for the second straight night, but his goal was the lone score for the Stingrays.
The rivals wasted no time getting reacquainted, totalling nine penalties in the game’s first ten minutes. Both sides had scoring chances while on the man advantage that rang off iron, but the teams ended the opening frame scoreless.
Just 49 seconds into the second period, Gaffney rifled a shot over the blocker of Florida’s Cam Johnson, breaking the deadlock to put South Carolina in front.
As a penalty was called on the Stingrays midway through the period, South Carolina goaltender Garin Bjorklund made a flurry of saves with Florida at the doorstep to keep South Carolina in front. On the Florida power play, the Everblades had a quality look on a shot that rang off both posts, but the puck stayed out of the net.
With 3:29 remaining in the second, Florida’s Tiernan Shoudy ripped a shot from the left wing that was deflected in front by Ben Brar and past Bjorklund, tying the game at one. Florida was assessed a double-minor penalty in the last minute of the period, as the teams entered the final frame 4-on-4.
The Everblades went on the power play midway through the third period and with 7:53 remaining, Florida took advantage of the opportunity as Isaac Nurse cleaned up a loose puck in front, giving the Everblades a 2-1 lead.
With just over three minutes remaining, the Stingrays went to the power play, pulling Bjorklund to make it a 6-on-4 advantage. With 1:19 left, the Everblades shut down the South Carolina offensive, with Mark Senden sliding the puck into the empty net, sealing the 3-1 win for Florida.
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