NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – The Florida Everblades (14-5-0-1) doubled up the South Carolina Stingrays (9-5-4-0) by a score of 4-2 on Wednesday night at North Charleston Coliseum.
The Everblades started the game off fast, with forward Michael Neville finding the back of the net only 25 seconds into the game. Defenseman Stefan LeBlanc threw a slapshot at the net, then forward Hugo Roy tipped the rebound and ultimately, Neville buried it to the back of the net for the early 1-0 lead.
Only 46 seconds into the 2nd period, the Everblades struck the back of the net again to put them up 2-0. Forward Blake Wineicki forced a turnover in the South Carolina zone, leading to John McCarron picking up the puck. He then found Alex Kile near the front of the net and put together a beautiful move to bring the lead to 2-0 46 seconds into the frame. Later in the 2nd, Stingrays forward Graham Knott snuck a rebound past Jake Hildebrand on a power play for the Stingrays to bring the score to 2-1 at 12:47.
Just over a minute into the 3rd period, Stingrays forward Mark Cooper tipped in a shot from Brett Supinski to even the game at 2-2 at the 1:15 mark. A few minutes later, forward Michael Huntebrinker slithered away on a breakaway, performed a beautiful deke and slid the puck through the wickets of the Stingrays netminder to bring the Everblades to a 3-2 advantage at 5:03. With two and half minutes left in the period, Roy was on the receiving end of a Levko Koper pass to complete the scoring at 17:30.
The Everblades play next on Friday, February 12th at 7:05 p.m. on the road against the South Carolina Stingrays (9-5-4-0). The Everblades will also play again in North Charleston on Saturday February 13th at 6:05 p.m.
The next home game for the Everblades comes on Wednesday, February 17th at 7:30 p.m. against the Orlando Solar Bears.
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