The Fayetteville Marksmen (1-0-2) visited the Knoxville Civic Coliseum on Saturday night against the Knoxville Ice Bears (2-0-1).
Fifty-six seconds into the first period, Fayetteville defenseman Austin D’Orazio was in an odd-man rush with Ricky Boysen. Boysen passed the puck to D’Orazio, who shot it into the net to give the Marksmen a 1-0 lead. At 11:27, Knoxville defenseman Ranon Joseph tied the game 1-1 with assists from Blake Tosto and Spencer Bellina.
At 17:37 in the second period, Knoxville took a 2-1 lead when Jianing Guo found the back of the net with assists from Kolten Olynek and Ranon Joseph. Late into the third period, Fayetteville center Blake Humphrey tied the game 2-2 with assists by John Woernle and Ricky Boysen.
In overtime, Austin D’Orazio was penalized for elbowing, putting Knoxville on the power play. Frankie Ireland put the game away for the Ice Bears with assists from Blake Benson and Tim Kent to give Knoxville a 3-2 overtime win.
Fayetteville finished the night with 36 shots on goal, 0 and 2 on the power play, and goaltender Jacob Mucitelli made 53 of 56 saves. The Marksmen host the Ice Bears next Thursday at 7 pm on FloSports.
