As they did on Wednesday against the Florida Everblades, the Swamp Rabbits skated to a scoreless first period against the Icemen.
The deadlock was broken in the second period, as Tanner Eberle scored his 12th of the season at 2:16 to give Greenville the 1-0 lead. At 8:36, Jacksonville tied the game at 1-1 with a power-play goal from Christopher Brown. Later in the period, at 17:33, Carter Souch tipped Max Martin’s shot into the net to regain the lead for Greenville. At 18:47, the Swamp Rabbits added insurance as Alex Ierullo scored his 15th of the season.
In the third, Josh McKechney scored his third of the season and second as a Swamp Rabbits 44 seconds in to put Greenville up 4-1. Zack Jordan gave Jacksonville life with a power-play goal at 9:13, before Ethan Somoza iced the game with his seventh of the season, an empty-net goal at 19:30.
Greenville goaltender David Hrenak stopped 25 of 27 Icemen shots on his way to his eighth victory of the season.
With the win, the Swamp Rabbits improve to 17-8-7-0 while the Icemen fall to 18-11-1-0.
The Swamp Rabbits remain in Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon for a 1:00 p.m. meeting with the Jacksonville Icemen.
With Greenville Swamp Rabbits release