SPHL Knoxville Ice Bears

Knoxville Winning Streak Bitten by IceGators

Published on March 9, 2013 under SPHL (SPHL)
Knoxville Ice Bears News Release


Knoxville, TN - The Knoxville Ice Bears lost for the first time in seven games in front of a raucous crowd of 3,988 to the Louisiana IceGators.

A physically aggressive first period left scoring at a premium. Louisiana struck first at the 16:09 mark with a goal by Clark Byczynski.

Knoxville answered with a power play goal with less a minute remaining in the first period. Jeremy Klaver started the play at the point with a dump behind the net that David Segal corralled. Segal found a streaking Brendan Taylor in the circle. Taylor came in on the backhand and beat Breton Lindoff top shelf.

In a second period which saw four Ice Bear penalties, Louisiana only capitalized on one power play opportunity. Kirk Byczynski beat Bryan Hince glove side from the blue line.

The Ice Bears evened the score with 2:33 left in the period. Nate Peterson wound up from the point and fired a bullet off of the pad of Lindoff. A crashing Peter Neal found the rebound and slid it through the five hole into the back of the net.

Louisiana started the third period with two unanswered goals to take a quick 4-2 lead. Shawn McNeil scored the first goal of period on a breakout. Just over a minute later, Matt Miller scored on a shot that grazed off the skate of Hince. The Ice Gators added another power play goal near the halfway mark of the third period. Matt Robertson got behind the Knoxville defensemen and put it past Hince.

The Ice Bears will be back on home ice Friday, March 15 for "We Back Pat" night. Come out and support a national icon and your Knoxville Ice Bears. Stay after the game to participate in the final specialty jersey auction, in which a portion of the proceeds will go to support the Pat Summit Foundation. Puck drops at 7:35, call and reserve your seats now as tickets are selling quick.

To order tickets call 865-656-4444 or visit www.knoxvilletickets.com.

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