Sports stats



ECHL Orlando Solar Bears

Tanski Strikes in OT to Lift Orlando to 3-2 Victory over the Solar Bears

January 19, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release


Orlando, FL - Forward Scott Tanski notched his eighth goal of the season 3:33 into overtime to lift the Solar Bears to a 3-2 win over the Wheeling Nailers in front of 9,170 fans at the Amway Center on Saturday night.

Wheeling started off the scoring 11:35 into the first period with a power play marker. F Peter Lenes took the puck up the left side and snapped a shot past G John Curry to give the Nailers a 1-0 lead. Orlando answered at 12:08 when F Rob Mignardi picked up a rebound off a shot from D Ryan Blair and slid the puck into the back of the cage, tying the game at 1-1. Just nine seconds later, Wheeling regained the lead then F Paul Crowder won the faceoff to F Scott Zurevinski, and Zurevinski found Lenes on the back door for a tap-in goal, helping the Nailers to a 2-1 lead going into the second period.

Late into the second period, the Solar Bears locked the game up at a 2-2 score. C Ryan Cruthers snapped a shot from the left wing and after an initial save from G Scott Darling, Cruthers was able to force the puck over the line with 2:35 left in the period.

The final 20 minutes was not enough to decide a winner, as the two sides went tied 2-2 into the sudden death period. With 3:33 left in overtime, D Derick Martin found F Scott Tanski at the top of the left circle who shot the puck into the back of the net giving the Solar Bears a 3-2 win over the Nailers.

Check out the Orlando Solar Bears Statistics

• Discuss this story on the ECHL message board...

ECHL Stories from January 19, 2013


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central