Icemen lose in shootout

Published on November 16, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


This one lived up to its billing as both teams entered the night on their A-games. Orlando (8-4-0-1; 17 pts.) entered the Ford Center coming off a win versus North Division leading Cincinnati (8-2-0-0; 16 pts.) and the IceMen (6-1-0-2; 14 pts.) returned to action after earning three of four points on the road versus South Division leader South Carolina (9-0-1-1; 20 pts.).

It was a seesaw battle all night as the IceMen's Matt Schepke lit the lamp first just 1:17 into the first period of play, but Orlando earned the edge in shots by out firing the IceMen 11-to-6 and the scoreboard reflected that with the Solar Bears finding enough space between Mike Clemente's pads to earn a 2-1 lead after twenty minutes of play.

In the 2nd period the IceMen flipped the script by outshooting Orlando 11-to-7 and gaining two more goals of their own from IceMen Captain Josh Beaulieu and Jeremy Langlois kept his hot streak alive by netting one of his own; Langlois now has 5 points (2G; 3A) in 3 games with the IceMen. The Solar Bears hung tough though and tied the game 3-3 before the break.

The cliché goes "it's better to be lucky than good" and the IceMen's Matt Krug found that to be true when he slid a light 12-foot shot along the goal-line and what looked like would become a ho-hum save by Orlando netminder, John Curry, took an awkward bounce, hit the left pipe, the lamp turned red and Krug and the boys were celebrating a 4-3 edge 8:47 into the third. Then true to form, exactly 10 minutes later, Orlando went on the 3-on-2 break and banged home another goal to knot it back up at 4 and send the game to extra time.

Orlando and the IceMen played 4-on-4 hockey for five minutes, but this one was bound for a shootout and unfortunately Orlando's Curry stood tall on all 4 of the IceMen attempts to help his squad earn 2 hard fought points on the road, but the good news is the IceMen snagged a point of their own in the shootout loss and extend their point streak to 5 games to remain in 2nd alone in the North Division.

The Solar Bears and IceMen will get some needed rest tonight and stare one another down again tomorrow night. Same place, same time and hopefully a better result for the Home Team. Thank you IceMen Fans for coming out and cheering on your boys in OUR HOUSE. We'll see you tomorrow night when we'll honor those who did and do fight for our freedom on Military Appreciation Night - Go IceMen!

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