Lobsters Lasso in Three Points Against Indiana on Rodeo Night
ATHENS, GA. – The Athens Rock Lobsters defeated the Indiana Sentinels 5-3 on Friday for Rodeo Night at Akins Ford Arena.
An early goal for Indiana’s Filip Tomiczek was negated by high stick on the play. The scoreline remained 0-0 after video review reversed the call on the ice.
Joe Mack would then legitimately open the scoring after burying a Dustin Perillat feed from behind the net for the rookie’s 23rd goal of the season.
The second period was a wild one, involving five goals between the two teams.
After Chris Curr went back to the locker room for injury, the first shot that Cooper Olson faced was a bardown backhander from Luke Croucher.
The halfway point of the game got hectic. A nifty wraparound from Corey Cunningham was answered less than a minute later by a touch in from John Kaljian.
Cunningham found the five hole on Matt Sayles to tally two goals in two minutes before Carter Shinkaruk’s power-play slapper knuckled off of an Indiana stick and in.
The Sentinels wouldn’t go away easy, crashing the crease through Jonas Leas and scratching back within one just 1:34 into the final 20 minutes.
Athens would restore the two-goal cushion with Jonathan Bartuccio-Pereira’s first goal as an Athens Rock Lobster and the hosts wouldn’t look back. Indiana emptied the net of Olson but couldn’t grab the last-gasp tally.
The Rock Lobsters (34-10-7-1, 119 pts) return to Akins Ford Arena for the final home game of the regular season. Puck drops at 7:05 p.m. against the Indiana Sentinels. Tickets for Star Wars Night and the regular-season finale at home can be found here.