Firebirds crash and burn in Silver Knights’ 6-2 win

The Silver Knights defeated the Coachella Valley Firebirds, 6-2, on Thursday night at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, CA.55118507843 37cca5a9c5 k

HOW IT WENT DOWN

In his first game back from injury, Jakub Brabenec opened the scoring from Mitch McLain to give the Silver Knights an early 1-0 lead. Moments later Oskar Fisker Mølgaard would tie the game at 1-1. 30-seconds later Trevor Connelly would retake the lead, followed shortly by Jeremy Davies to extend the lead to 3-1.

At 18:51 of the first, Raphael Lavoie would win a scramble in front of the net to make it 4-1. Seconds later, Mitchell Stephens would cap a six-goal opening period and send the teams into the break sitting at 4-2.

At 8:26 of the second, Matyas Sapovaliv would find a streaking Jackson Hallum to make it 5-2. In the latter stages of the period, Lavoie would net his second of the game, making it 6-2 for Henderson.

Following a scoreless third period, the Silver Knights jumped on the bus back to Henderson with a 6-2 victory.