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Severyn Picks up Four Points to Lead Solar Bears to 6-4 Thriller over Titans

February 2, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release


Orlando, FL - Orlando unveiled the 2001 Turner Cup Championship Banner before the game and saw forward C.J. Severyn tally four points as Orlando took down the Trenton Titans in a 6-4 thriller in front of 8,650 fans at the Amway Center on Saturday night.

Orlando started quickly in the first period, striking just 1:04 into the game. Forward C.J. Severyn fired a pass out of the left corner and C Mathew Sisca one-timed it [image: Ryan Blair] past G Cal Heeter to put the Solar Bears ahead 1-0 on the first shot of the contest. The lead didn't last long, as F Kevin Baker answered for the Titans at 4:33 of the frame when he rang a shot off the goal post and past G Patrick Killeen. Gained their first lead of the night at the 8:00 mark, when forward J.S. Berbue found a rebound in front of the net and flipped over Killeen to give Trenton a 2-1 advantage, which they took into the first intermission.

Not long into the second period, F Ryan Ginand struck for the Solar Bears. Ginand took a pass from F Michael Neal out of the left corner and one-timed it past Heeter 2:28 into the period to even the score at 2-2. The Titans got the goal back to reclaim the lead at 9:45 when F Mike Ullrich backhanded a rebound that just squeaked over the goal line to put Trenton back on top. With just 1:30 left to go in the middle frame, F Chris Lawrence caught a pass from F Dale Mahovsky off his skates and gathered up the puck before wristing it into the top right corner of the net and tying the game at 3-3 heading into the third.

Once again the Titans snapped the tie, as during 4-on-4 action F Kory Nagy forced a 2-on-1 rush, raced up the left wing, and fired the puck into the top right corner of the net to put Trenton ahead 4-3. Orlando answered when Severyn curled around the bottom of the right circle and slid a shot just inside the left goal post to once again knot the score for the Solar Bears, this time at 4-4. D Ryan Blair gave the Solar Bears their first lead since 4:33 into the first period when he came out of the penalty box and got a breakaway pass from Severyn. Blair's initial shot was saved by Heeter, but the rebound bounced off a Titans defenseman and into the net to put the Solar Bears ahead 5-4 with 6:23 left int the contest. C Ryan Cruthers sealed the game for Orlando and extended his points streak to seven games when he tallied an empty net goal with 33.5 seconds left to secure a 6-4 win for the Solar Bears.

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