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Derek Contessa scored 7:07 into the second time beyond regulation interval and the Knoxville Ice Bears fell to the Evansville Thunderbolts 4-3 on the Knoxville Civic Coliseum Wednesday night time in recreation one of many SPHL President\u2019s Cup Finals.
Evansville leads the best-of-three collection 1-0. Sport two is Thursday night time in Evansville.
Isaac Chapman\u2019s shot from the fitting circle was blocked by Jimmy Soper and Contessa lifted the rebound over Stephen Mundinger\u2019s glove to finish the sport.
Evansville struck first when Tyson Gilmour scored on a rebound at 6:27 of the opening interval. Scott Kirton\u2019s shot was deflected and kicked away by Mundinger, however Gilmour\u2019s follow-up try when over Mundinger\u2019s left pad and into the web.
Dawson McKinney tied the sport on the facility play at 9:15 when his shot from the left circle was blocked again to him and he fired his second probability over the glove facet of Cole Ceci for his fourth aim of the playoffs.
The Thunderbolts regained the lead with Myles Abbate\u2019s deflection at 13:17. Benjamin Lindberg saved in a breakout try on the blue line and shot the puck in the direction of the web the place Abbate tipped it over Mundinger.
Knoxville drew even lower than two minutes later when Derek Raposo scored his first profession aim from the fitting level. Cam Tobey\u2019s shot deflected out of the slot again to Raposo and his shot made its means by way of visitors and between Ceci\u2019s pads to make it 2-2 on the first intermission.
McKinney scored his second aim of the night time at 4:37 of the second. Kyle Soper lifted the puck out of the zone down the fitting wing the place it slipped previous Grayson Valente on the blue line. Liam McCanney took the puck by way of the fitting circle and down by the tip line the place his shot was impeded, however knuckled below Ceci\u2019s persist with the far finish of the crease the place McKinney tapped it in to provide Knoxville its first lead.
Mundinger helped Knoxville stand up to a heavy assault within the second interval. Evansville had three consecutive energy play probabilities late within the interval that noticed the Thunderbolts outshoot the Ice Bears 19-4 within the center body. Mundinger stopped Gilmour from the slot, blockered away Lindberg\u2019s try from the purpose and stopped an in depth vary shot on the facility play from Isaac Chapman.
Evansville tied the sport with simply over 5 minutes remaining. With the Thunderbolts on the facility play, Kirton took the puck to the fitting circle and snapped a shot over Mundinger\u2019s left shoulder to make it 3-3.
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