The Fayetteville Marksmen (1-0-1) hosted the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs (1-1) on Saturday night at the Crown Coliseum in their home opener.
Fayetteville center Blake Humphrey scored the Marksmen’s only goals in the game. His first goal came at 16:08 in the first period with an assist from Shane Murphy, and his second goal came at 16:55 in the second period with an assist from Lincoln Moore.
Roanoke came back in the third period when Ryan Mahlmeister cut the lead to 2-1 at 10:40 with an assist by David Novotny. At 15:10, Novotny tied the game 2-2 with an assist by Taurin Haddon-Harris, forcing the game to overtime.
In overtime, Manny Cabral ended the game at 2:58 with an assist from Taurin Haddon-Harris. The Marksmen lost to the Rail Yard Dawgs 3-2 in overtime.
Fayetteville finished the night with 27 shots on goal and 0 for 4 on the power play. Goaltender Ryan Kenny made 16 of 19 saves. Blake Humphrey was named the first star, Ryan Kenny was the second star, and Ayodele Adeniye was the third star.
The Marksmen will be on the road next Saturday against the Knoxville Ice Bears at 7:30 pm on FloSports.
