EVANSVILLE, IN – After so many games where not much was going right, the Thunderbolts put together a solid 60-minute effort on all fronts, winning 5-1 over the Quad City Storm, who had held them scoreless in both meetings prior this season.
The Bolts would get the party started early, as Scott Donahue would give Evansville a 1-0 lead only 1:40 into the period, from Chase Nieuwendyk and Lane King. The goal would signal the 2,100+ fans to begin throwing teddy bears onto the ice, with over a thousand collected in the end of the downpour.
Mark Petaccio would double the lead shortly afterward at 4:55, from Frank Schumacher,
as he parted the grey Storm sea. Quad City would get life early in the second period off a power play goal from Dalton Mills, but the Bolts responded accordingly, as Petaccio would pot his second goal of the night with a power play goal from Eric Salzillo and Brandon Lubin at 6:53. Nick D’Avolio would extend the lead to 4-1 off a net-front scramble, with assists going to Donahue and Petaccio at the 10:58 mark.
This would mark the end of the night for goalie Peter di Salvo, and bring in Eric Levine.
Levine’s shutout streak against Evansville would be ended on a top shelf shot in the third period byDonahue at the 10:03 mark of the third, assisted by Petaccio, and rounding out the scoring, as the Thunderbolts would win, 5-1.
For Evansville, Petaccio led the way with two goals and two assists, while Donahue finished with two.
Game recap provided by official SPHL media release
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