NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – The Jacksonville Icemen came out victorious in a game against the South Carolina Stingrays on Sunday, January 13th where they were outshot 44-16.
The Icemen relied on the superior play of Mikhail Berdin to keep the contest close for most of the game. The first period came and went without any scoring.
Cameron Askew cut the stalemate at 7:36 in the second period to give South Carolina a 1-0 lead. The rest of the period would remain scoreless until a costly Stingray turnover allowed Justin Woods to tie the game from just inside the blueline at 18:30. The swing in momentum came when the Icemen’s Christophe Lalancette scored with 0.2 seconds left in the second to give the Icemen the lead.
The third period continued like the previous two periods, seeing Mikhail Berdin shedding shot after shot to keep the Icemen ahead by one. Jake Randolph scored on a pass in the slot from Doetzel at 12:38 to give Jacksonville a two-goal lead. Askew would tally another goal at 15:28 of the third, bringing the Stingrays within one. Mikhail Berdin and the Icemen would hold off to win the game by a final score of 3-2.
Text courtesy of Jacksonville Icemen
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