SPHL Pensacola Ice Flyers

Ice Flyers Tied for First with 3-2 Win over RiverKings

December 6, 2014 - SPHL (SPHL)
Pensacola Ice Flyers News Release


PENSACOLA, FL - The Pensacola Ice Flyers defeated the Mississippi RiverKings in front of a crowd of 3,228 at the Pensacola Bay Center on Saturday night with a final score of 3-2.

It was a mere 1:21 into the first period that Matt Whithead gave the RiverKings the 1-0 lead. Following the early goal, the Ice Flyers took charge with a goal from Michael Budd and power play goals from Drew Baker and Mitchell Good to take a 3-1 lead. Budd also had assists on both power play goals.

Mississippi pulled within one with a goal from Matt Harrington to make it 3-2 at the 13:30 mark of the second period.

Despite the late effort in the third with a pulled goalie, the RiverKings were unable to find the game-tying goal and the Ice Flyers took the game with a final score of 3-2.

Shots on goal were fairly even with 31 shots for Pensacola and 30 for Mississippi. The Ice Flyers were 2 for 5 on the power play and were successful on both penalty kills.

With the victory, Pensacola has improved to a record of 10-2-2 and are now tied with the Knoxville Ice Bears for first place in the SPHL with 22 points.

Both teams meet again tomorrow with the opening face-off set for 4:05 p.m. Tomorrow's game is "Scout Day/Mascot Night".

Check out the Pensacola Ice Flyers Statistics



SPHL Stories from December 6, 2014


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central