Everblades Fall Short Against Jacksonville
April 12, 2023 - ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release
ESTERO, Fla. - Tyler Irvine and Joe Pendenza netted two quick goals to start the game, but a last-minute Jacksonville score proved to be the difference maker as the Florida Everblades fell to the Jacksonville Icemen 5-3 Wednesday night at Hertz Arena. Florida took the regular-season series from Jacksonville by a 6-4-1-1 margin.
As the regular season dwindles down, South Carolina (44-21-4-1, 93 points) sits atop the South Division. The Everblades (37-24-4-5, 83 points) trail third place Greenville (38-23-8-1, 85 points) by two points and second place Jacksonville (42-23-3-1, 88 points) by five points.
Florida jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 68 seconds after the puck drop. It took just 37 seconds for Tyler Irvine to net his first goal as an Everblade in his team debut. Everblades points leader Joe Pendenza doubled the Blades lead at 1:27. Stefan Leblanc assisted on both goals, while Ben Masella and John McCarron picked up helpers on each goal, respectively. For McCarron, it was the 400th point of his career.
The Blades outshot Jacksonville 19-9 in the opening period, although the Icemen scored on a shorthanded goal late in the first to make it a 2-1 game heading into the second period.
Jacksonville recorded the only goal of the second period at 9:49 to tie the contest at 2-2. Shots on goal in the middle frame evened out compared to the first period, with each side taking eight.
In a fast paced third period, the Icemen broke the tie at the 6:49 mark to make it a 3-2 game. The Blades would score on a Logan Lambdin goal at 17:22 to tie the contest at 3-3. Unfortunately for the Blades, the tie would not hold for long as the Icemen's Derek Lodermeier scored the last-minute go-ahead goal to push Jacksonville past the Blades. Jacksonville added a late empty-net goal to close out the scoring.
Despite the loss, Cam Johnson set the Everblades franchise season record for minutes played by a Blades goalie with 3,123 minutes. The previous record of 3,087 was set by Randy Petruk in 2016-17.
The Everblades continue their homestand at Hertz Arena on Friday, April 14 when they welcome the Atlanta Gladiators for a two-game set. Friday night's game will feature a Cam Johnson bobblehead giveaway courtesy of Waste Pro for the first 1,000 fans in attendance.
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