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Sisca Collects Four Points as Solar Bears Take Down Gladiators 4-3

January 25, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release


Duluth, GA - C Mathew Sisca scored twice and added two assists to help the Solar Bears kick off a three-game road trip with a 4-3 win over the Gwinnett Gladiators at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Friday night.

The Solar Bears got on the board first, using a power play in the later stages of the Mathew Sisca frame to take the 1-0 lead. After a puck was turned over from behind the Gladiators net, Sisca scooped it up and with G Louis Domingue caught out of the cage, he buried his chance with 6:37 left in the opening period. The Gladiators answered with 42 seconds left to play with a power play marker of their own. F Casey Pierro-Zabotel found F Joey Haddad wide open in front of the net, and Hadded tapped the feed past G John Curry to send the game tied at 1-1 into the first intermission.

Just before the halfway point of the second period, Orlando regained their advantage. RW Chris Lawrence picked up a pass from C Mat Sisca and fired a shot into the top right corner of the net to put Orlando ahead 2-1 at 8:02. Solar Bears captain Ryan Cruthers extended the Orlando lead to a 3-1 advantage when forward C.J. Severyn knocked the puck loose to Sisca on the right wall, and Sisca found Cruthers alone in the slot for his 13th goal of the 2012-13 campaign. Sisca then added his fourth point of the night with 1:12 seconds left in period, taking a rebound off the side of the night and driving it over Domingue to give Orlando a 4-1 leading heading into the third.

The Gladiators came storming back in the final frame. 6:51 into the third stanza, D Sacha Guimond fired a shot from the left point that squeezed through a screen in front of Curry and brought Gwinnett back to within two. Then, with 1:12 remaining in the contest and Domingue pulled for the extra attacker, Pierro-Zabotel found F Justin Bowers open on the left wing, and Bowers slammed the one-timer home to make it a 4-3 game. The Solar Bears were able to hold off the Gladiators for the remainder of the period, however, and battled their way to the 4-3 victory.

Three Stars: 1. M. Sisca (ORL); 2. R. Cruthers (ORL); 3. S. Guimond (GWT)

Power Plays: ORL: 1/4; GWT: 2/4

Shots: ORL: 24; GWT: 38

Notes:

RW Chris Lawrence returned to the Orlando line up tonight. He ended the game with one goal and a+1 rating... D Corbin Baldwin also made his return, finishing the game +1... The Solar Bears defeated the Gladiators for the first time this season... C Ryan Cruthers extended his goal streak to three games. His second period goal was the 99th goal of his ECHL career... C Mathew Sisca had his third four-point game of the season and his seventh multiple point game.

Get Tickets:

Orlando hits the road for two more games but returns to the Amway Center on Wednesday, January 30, for a 7:00 p.m. game against the Greenville Road Warriors. Good seats are still available. Visit www.OrlandoSolarBearsHockey.com.

The Orlando Solar Bears, the ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Minnesota Wild and AHL's Houston Aeros, play all of their home games at the 2012 Street and Smith's Sports Business Journal Sports Facility of the Year, the Amway Center.

Individual tickets for all regular season home games are on sale beginning as low as $15. To purchase your tickets, please visit www.OrlandoSolarBearsHockey.com or the Amway Center Box Office.

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