ESTERO, Fla. – Jesse Lansdell scored two goals and added an assist, while Logan Lambdin, Colton Hargrove and Kris Myllari each registered a goal and two assists as the Florida Everblades dispatched the Atlanta Gladiators 6-0 in front of 6,636 fans Saturday night at Hertz Arena. Five different players scored goals for the Blades in the team’s third win in as many games to open the 2024-25 season.
In addition to the team’s highest-scoring game of the young season, Florida goaltender Will Cranley made 25 saves in his Everblades debut and earned his first career professional shutout.
For the first time this year, the Everblades scored first, finding the net twice in the opening period to claim a 2-0 lead. Hargrove got the scoring started, taking a pass from Lansdell, slipping past the Atlanta defense and registering his first goal of the year at the 15:13 mark. Jordan Sambrook also added an assist.
Just 2:47 later, Lansdell tipped in a blast from Lambdin to double Florida’s lead. Myllari added a secondary helper on Lansdell’s first marker of the campaign, a power-play goal that capped the opening 20 minutes.
Three second-period goals extended the Blades’ advantage to 5-0. Lambdin stuffed home his first goal of the year just 80 seconds into the middle frame, with Hargrove and Adrien Bisson earning the assists. Myllari added his first of the year at the 15:12 mark with Hargrove and Lambdin both tallying their second helper and third point of the night to extend the lead to 4-0. Colin Theisen added his second tally of the year at 18:43, with Myllari and Jeremie Biakabutuka picking the apples, as Florida cruised into the second intermission with a five-goal lead.
Lansdell closed out the scoring at 9:11 of the third period with his second goal of the game, with Bisson and Sambrook both picking up their second helpers of the contest.
Florida outshot Atlanta in each of the first two periods, winning the overall shots on goal battle by a 30-25 margin.
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