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RiverKings Drop Second Straight to Knoxville

December 10, 2011 - SPHL (SPHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


Southaven, Miss - The Mississippi RiverKings lost game two of the series tonight against Knoxville as they fell to the Ice Bears 4-1 at the Desoto Civic Center.

The Ice Bears jumped out to an early lead as Emery Olauson buried a shot past Scott Darling 13:38 into the first period. Five minutes later, Mike Towns recovered a David Segal shot and put it to the back of the net to give the Ice Bears a 2-0 lead.

Midway through the second, Kevin Swider ripped a one-timer through the legs of Darling to increase the 'Bears' lead to three goals.

Darrell Stoddard cut the lead to two, as he hammered home a rebound to bring the score to 3-1 entering the third period.

But Knoxville would recover. David Segal put a shot past Darling at the 11:55 mark of the third period to give the Ice Bears the 4-1 win in front of 2,546 at the DCC on Teddy Bear Toss Night.

Scott Darling falls to 3-5-1 on the season after stopping 28 of 32 shots against. Jesse Kallechy (2-3-0) gets his second win in as many nights as he turned aside 39 of 40 against him.

The loss drops the RiverKings to 4-8-1 on the season. Knoxville improves to 13-4.

The RiverKings play their next two games on the road against the Augusta Riverhawks next weekend on Friday and Saturday nights. Be sure to tune into Sports 56 for all the action, or head on out to The Spot in Hernando for the RiverKings' Away Game Party.

January 6, the RiverKings will host Elvis Night. The team will wear specially designed jerseys featuring the King of Rock and Roll, which will be auctioned off following the game. For more information on Elvis Night or group or flex ticket packages, contact the RiverKings office at 662-342-1755 or log onto www.riverkings.com.



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