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Ice Bears Dethrone RiverKings

October 28, 2011 - SPHL (SPHL)
Knoxville Ice Bears News Release


Knoxville, TN - The Knoxville Ice Bears played their first game against new SPHL team the Mississippi RiverKings tonight in the Civic Coliseum. Rookies kicked off the scoring with 4 goals in the first two periods, and the veterans brought it home with 3 goals in the third for a 7-4 victory over the RiverKings.

The Ice Bears opened the scoring at 5:59 into the first period. Eric Slais passed to the left of the net and Josh Boyd tapped in the puck for his first goal as an Ice Bear. The goal was also assisted by Eric Satim.

Satim continued the night of first goals, when he roofed the puck off the water bottle over a downed Mississippi goalie Jordan Bent to increase the lead to 2-0.

Mississippi's Ken Selby gave life to the RiverKings at 12:26 into the period with wrist shot that eluded Ice Bears goalie Bryan Hince. Upon the ensuing faceoff, David Segal squared off with Brendan Baumgartner. Two seconds ticked off the game clock and Dan Bremner followed Segal's lead and knocked Darrell Stoddard to the ice. The fights finished out the period with the Ice Bears leading 2-1.

Mississippi scored 4:02 into the second period tying the game at two. 1:17 minutes later Mississippi scored again to take the lead for the first time. On Knoxville's first power play of the night, Ricky Helmbrecht notched his first goal as an Ice Bear to tie the game 3-3.

Another rookie first, put the Ice Bears ahead with 4-3 lead. Kyle VanderMale rocketed the puck past Bent off a pass from Mark Van Vliet.

The third period started with a Mississippi on the power play and the Ice Bears leading by a goal. While killing the penalty, Slais pick up a loose puck and banked it off the boards to Segal, who ripped a short-handed goal just 1:01 into the period.

Former Ice Bear Mike Tuomi, scored Mississippi's final goal on a controversial power play shot. Slais scored his second goal of the season when Boyd wristed the puck toward goal and Slais deflected it in over the shoulder of Bent to put the Ice Bears up 6-4.

Mississippi replaced goaltender Bent for recently signed Alan Reynolds in net to finish the game. The goaltending change didn't keep Emery Olauson from scoring the final goal for the Ice Bears to win 7-4.

Hit the road tomorrow and next weekend but will return to home ice Thursday, November 10 for their first game against the Huntsville Havoc. The puck drops at 7:30 for another Thursday $1,000 giveaway.

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