Rivermen Fall 3-2 in OT Friday
November 20, 2015 - SPHL (SPHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
PEORIA, IL - A pair of first period Louisiana goals and a couple of Peoria tallies in the third led the Rivermen and IceGators to overtime where Louisiana scored a powerplay tally to win 3-2 at Carver Arena Friday night. The loss drops Peoria to 5-2-1 on the season with two games remaining in the current series against Louisiana.
The IceGators opened the scoring 5:23 into period number one as Stephen Buco put a one-timer from the left circle past Rivermen goalie Kyle Rank for a 1-0 lead. Louisiana extended their lead with 11 minutes remaining in the first as Geordie Wudrick chipped in a bouncing puck to give Louisiana a 2-0 advantage.
The game was scoreless through the remainder of the first and all of the second period before the Rivermen got on the board with 11:52 to play in regulation. At the 8:08 mark Dan Bremner put a puck past IceGators goaltender Adam Courchaine from point blank range for the 2-1 score. The Rivermen tied the game with 2:20 left as Luke Sandler beat Courchaine during a scramble in front of the net to tie the game 2-2 and send it to overtime.
The IceGators scored the game winner in overtime on the powerplay after a slashing penalty against Sadler with 49 seconds left in regulation extended into overtime. With five seconds left on the penalty to Sandler the IceGators won a faceoff in the Rivermen zone and Jake Hauswirth walked into the slot and beat Rank at 1:08 of the extra frame to win the game 3-2.
Rank stopped 17 of 20 shots faced to drop his season record to 3-2-1. The Rivermen out-shot the IceGators 49-20 as Courchaine made 47 saves for Louisiana.
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