Columbus, GA – The Blue Ridge Bobcats completed their sweep towards the Columbus River Dragons on Saturday evening, 5-4.
The opening twenty minutes was a slugfest. The River Dragons traded blows with the Bobcats on three events, in the end main to fifteen minutes served by Columbus and 20 minutes served by Blue Ridge.
The River Dragons additionally had an influence play alternative following a Bench Minor name for Too Many Males towards Nikita Kozyrev of Blue Ridge, however Columbus was unable to capitalize.
Inside the first interval, Nikita Kozyrev and Dustin Jesseau put up three factors for the Blue Ridge Bobcats.
With twenty minutes come and gone, Blue Ridge led the River Dragons, 3-0.
The second body was met with an onslaught of laborious hits and a Blue Ridge dominance earlier than the River Dragons flipped a swap and got here alive.
Following objectives by Daniel Martin and Carson Gallagher for Blue Ridge, River Dragons head coach Jerome Bechard gave the nod to usher in goaltender Trevor Babin, relieving Tyler Roy at 6:03.
Midway by the body, Tyler Barrow and Alex Storjohann delivered a one-two punch on Bobcats’ goaltender, Anthony Shrum, scoring at 10:52 and 11:06.
Because the clock ticked down, Columbus pounded away on the Bobcats, however couldn’t discover the again of the online.
After 40 minutes, the River Dragons trailed the Bobcats, 5-2.
Within the ultimate stretch of regulation, the River Dragons pushed with the whole lot that they had, however fell brief.
Following a 2-minute minor towards Bobcats’ Daniel Martin, Cody Wickline scored a PPG at 7:22.
With an additional attacker on the ice to offer the River Dragons a 6-on-5 benefit, Ryan Galvin put Columbus inside one purpose of tying the sport with 75 seconds remaining.
Trevor Babin, coming again on the ice throughout the ultimate minute, made a Superman save to maintain the River Dragons alive. Columbus slammed away on the puck in entrance of the Bobcats’ web, however ran out of time, falling in need of tying the sport.
After changing Tyler Roy within the web, Trevor Babin made 16 saves, permitting zero objectives.
The Columbus River Dragons, now on a 5-game shedding streak, will face the Athens Rock Lobsters on Sunday evening on the highway.
The Blue Ridge Bobcats return to Wytheville to face the Twin Metropolis Thunderbirds subsequent week, assembly on Friday evening at dwelling.
Pictures by Toni Rae Hill
