The Fayetteville Marksmen (2-1-3) hosted the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs (2-0-4) on Thursday morning at the Crown Coliseum. This was the third meeting of the season, the second at the Crown Coliseum.
In the first period, Fayetteville had eight shots on goal, but the game remained scoreless. At 3:20 of the second period, Fayetteville center Evan Pringle put the Marksmen up 1-0 with assists from Bryan Huggins and Austin D’Orazio. The Marksmen had eight shots on goal and held on to a 1-0 lead after two periods.
In the third period, Zach Jones tied the game 1-1 for Roanoke at 5:33 on the power play with an assist by Connor Bertamini. Fayetteville started to pull away late in the third period when right winger Payton Schaly made it 2-1 at 15:16 with assists from Austin D’Orazio and Blake Humphrey. It was Schaly’s third goal of the season.
With under a minute left, and Roanoke on the power play, Fayetteville right winger Ricky Boysen put the game away at 19:38 with a shorthanded goal for his first goal of the season. The Marksmen beat the Rail Yard Dawgs 3-1 to snap a four-game losing streak. Fayetteville had 14 shots on goal in the third period.
Fayetteville finished the afternoon with 30 shots on goal, 0 for 5 on the power play, and goaltender Jacob Mucitelli made 23 of 24 saves.
The Marksmen visit Akins Ford Arena on Friday night against the Athens Rock Lobsters at 7:05 pm on FloSports.
