Everblades Breakaway From Stingrays

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Florida Everblades (14-5-0-1) doubled up the South Carolina Stingrays (9-5-4-0) by a score of 4-2 on Wednesday night at North Charleston Coliseum.

FIRST STAR: Michael Huntebrinker - one goal

SECOND STAR: Alex Kile- one goal

THIRD STAR: Brett Supinski - two assists

BOX SCORE 

The Blades started the game off fast, with forward Michael Neville finding the back of the net only 25 seconds into the game. Defenseman Stefan LeBlanc threw a slapshot at the net, then forward Hugo Roy tipped the rebound and ultimately, Neville buried it to the back of the net for the early 1-0 lead (0:25).

Only 46 seconds into the 2nd period, the Everblades struck the back of the net again to put them up 2-0. Forward Blake Wineicki forced a turnover in the South Carolina zone, leading to John McCarron picking up the puck. He then found Alex Kile near the front of the net and put together a beautiful move to bring the lead to 2-0 (0:46). Later in the 2nd, Stingrays forward Graham Knott snuck a rebound past Hildebrand on a power play for the Rays to bring the score to 2-1 (12:47). 

Just over a minute into the 3rd period, Stingrays forward Mark Cooper tipped in a shot from Brett Supinski to even the game at 2-2 (1:15). A few minutes later, forward Michael Huntebrinker slithered away on a breakaway, performed a beautiful deke and slid the puck through the wickets of the Rays netminder to bring the Blades to a 3-2 advantage (5:03). With two and half minutes left in the period, Hugo Roy was on the receiving end of a Levko Koper pass to complete the scoring (17:30). 

The Everblades play next on Friday, Feb. 12 at 7:05pm on the road against the South Carolina Stingrays (9-5-4-0). The Blades will also play again in North Charleston on Saturday Feb. 13 at 6:05pm. 

The next home game for the Everblades comes on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 pm against the Orlando Solar Bears. Find tickets to the game on Feb. 17HERE.

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