Ice Bears' Maul Cottonmouths
November 17, 2013 - SPHL (SPHL)
Knoxville Ice Bears News Release
Knoxville, TN - The Knoxville Ice Bears dominated the Columbus Cottonmouths tonight in the Civic Coliseum. A crowd of 3,912 fans watched as the Ice Bears tallied their third win in a row beating the Cottonmouths 9-4.
After 4:33 minutes of play in the first, Columbus' Alex Gallant rammed Peter Neal into the boards. Team co-captain David Segal squared off with Gallant for his careless act. Gallant received 5 minutes for boarding, 5 minutes for fighting, and a game misconduct. Segal received 5 minutes for fighting putting the Ice Bears on a 5 minute power play.
The Cottonmouths were next on the power play, but the Ice Bears defense held them off. At the 15:38 minute mark, Jon Higgins notched his first goal of the season. Francis Drolet passed the puck to Higgins who redirected it past Columbus goaltender Travis Bosch. Cody Dion was credited with the second assist.
Just 1 minute later, Brady Vandenberk set up Eric Satim. Satim fired the puck behind the goal and passed it in to Phil Bronner. Bronner hit the net and brought the Ice Bears lead to 2-0.
At 5:14, Valliquette pushed the puck in, from a blistering point shot Vandenberk and lifting Knoxville to a 3-0 lead. Two seconds after the ensuing puck drop, Valliquette squared off with Will Aide.
Just over 4 minutes later, the Ice Bears increased the score gap when Segal scored his first goal of the season. Knoxville continued the onslaught with 2:52 left in the period. Valliquette notched his second goal of the game sending the puck right past Bosch. Jon Higgins and recently signed Andrew Himelson assisted the goal. The goal was scored on an Ice Bears power play while former Ice Bear Dan Bremner served 2 minutes for charging.
Columbus finally put one past Bryan Hince on a power play 1:17 in to the third period. Hince had gone 125:45 minutes of play without surrendering a goal. The Ice Bears answered 30 seconds later when Valliquette rounded out his Gordie Howe hat trick with an assist on Ben Souders goal.
Columbus scored the next two goals to bring respectability to the contest by bringing the score to 7-3. The Ice Bears tallied their eighth goal when Peter Neal hit a long pass to Satim who hit an open left side net. Jason price also assisted.
Columbus scored their final goal short-handed. Drolet scored the final Ice Bears goal with one second remaining in the game. The Ice Bears will be back on home ice on Thursday Nov. 21 where they'll be matched up against the Fayetteville FireAntz. Celebrate Movember! It's a $1,000 giveaway Thursday.
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