Last night, the Siberia Icecats took on the Sanibel Islanders, and the Icecats faced a former familiar face, Ryan Miller. Ryan was shipped off to the Islanders to make room for young Matt Murray, and the two faced off against each other. It was a thrilling game that saw a very even battle.
The first period ended with no score as both teams got their feel for each other. Then in the second period, the Islanders took commanding control of the game, scoring 3 goals, two of which came in a span of only 25 seconds. The Islanders had to feel good as they were heading into the 3rd period with the old, dreaded 3 goal lead. Siberia played tough and JG Pageau got the Cats on the board with their first goal to cut the lead to too. Unfortunately, that thrill was short lived as less than a minute later, Richard Panik widened the Islanders lead back to three. The Icecats were not done yet as Kyle Palmieri got them back to within two midway through the 3rd. The score remained the same until the Icecats pulled their goalie with less than 2 minutes left in the 3rd. The gamble paid off as Patrick Eaves scored his team-leading 16th goal of the year with a little over a minute left in the game.
Unfortunately for the Icecats, that was their final goal and the Islanders beat the Icecats 4-3. After the game, we caught up with Captain McDavid. "You know, it was a tough game. Sanibel has a good team and tonight we just let them get out to a lead that we could not recover from. We need to regroup and find a way to neutralize their big 3 of Ovechkin, Marchand and Oshie." The Icecats are playing in a tight tough group of teams in their division so these kinds of battles will be common all year. Stay tuned for more, sports fans!
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