Solar Bears Complete Three Goal Comeback with 4-3 Shootout Win
Published on February 8, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release
Orlando, FL - The Solar Bears trailed 3-0 early in the second period but came storming back to take down the Florida Everblades 4-3 in a shootout in front of 7,242 fans at the Amway Center on Friday night.
Both sides had their opportunities in the opening frame, and Florida converted late in the period. A quick 2-on-1 chance saw F Matthew Pistilli find LW Matchieu Roy open in a front of the net, and he redirected the puck past G Patrick Killeen to give Florida a 1-0 lead with 4:58 left in the frame.
Pistilli increased Florida's lead to 2-0 less than five minutes into the second period. F Corey Trivino took the puck into the zone and dropped it off to Pistilli, who one-timed the shot into the top right corner. Under two minutes later, at 6:12 of the second stanza, D Olivier Dame-Malka fired a shot from the slot that beat Killeen into the bottom corner of the net and put Florida up 3-0. Orlando started their comeback when F Ryan Ginand wristed a shot past G Pat Nagle 2:02 later to put the Solar Bears on the board. Before the end of the period, D James Sanford took a pass from RW Chris Lawrence and one-timed it into the back of the net to make the score 3-2 at the end of the second frame.
Orlando knotted the game up at 3-3 when F Michael Neal redirected a pass from Ginand through Nagle's five hole for a 5-on-3 goal at 6:34 of the third period. 60 minutes was not enough to decide a winner, and after a scoreless overtime the game went into a shootout. Lawrence and F Dan Dries struck for the Solar Bears while Killeen stopped all four shots he faced to give Orlando the 4-3 win over Florida.
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