Mavericks Foil IceMen Upset Bid in Overtime
January 3, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release
EVANSVILLE, IN - The Evansville IceMen had the top team in the ECHL on the ropes Saturday, but the Missouri Mavericks overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period to tie the game, and defeated the IceMen in overtime 4-3 at the Ford Center. It was Missouri's seventh straight victory and 21st in its last 22 games.
The IceMen stuck first after winning a boards battle in the offensive zone. Nathan Moon dug the puck free and set up Justin MacDonald, who snapped a hard wrist shot over the glove of Missouri goaltender Chris Rawlings 6:11 into the game.
Evansville made it 2-0, when Tyson Fawcett scored his ECHL-leading 16th goal on a tic-tac-toe passing play from Chris Rumble and Alex Wideman at 8:51. The Mavericks found the scoreboard on a late power play when Carter Verhaeghe danced around an IceMen defenseman and snuck the puck past Christoffer Bengtsberg with 13.6 seconds left in the period.
Alex Guptill scored his second goal in as many games to give the IceMen a 3-1 lead when he ripped a one-timer into the top shelf at 7:35 of the second period. Evansville outshot Missouri 11-5 in the middle frame. The Mavericks trailed entering the third period for just the fifth time this season.
But Missouri found a way to tie the game with goals from Wes Cunningham and Rocco Carzo 1:33 apart through the middle of the third period. The Mavericks won the game with 1:30 left in 3-on-3 overtime when David de Kastrozza shot the puck from low in the slot and beat Bengtsberg. Rawlings stopped 27 shots in his first start for Missouri, while Bengtsberg made 28 saves in the loss.
The two teams play four more times this season, all of which will be played in Independence, MO. The next meeting will be Tuesday, January 26 at 7:05pm.
Evansville turns right around and finishes off a stretch of four games in five days when the IceMen host the Wichita Thunder Sunday at 5:15pm.
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