THUNDERBOLTS BLAST STORM IN THIRD PERIOD, WIN 6-1
Moline, Ill.: It was another close game through two periods on Friday night in the Quad Cities, with yet another 2-0 lead for the Thunderbolts, before the offensive floodgates burst open as Evansville scored four of the five goals in the third period to win by a decisive 6-1 final score. The Thunderbolts’ next home game will be on Saturday, December 28th against the Quad City Storm at 7:05pm CT.
Evansville again opened the scoring in the first period, with Nolan McElhaney scoring his first professional goal at 3:40 off a passing play from Brendan Harrogate and Matt Dorsey. At 17:18, Dorsey made it a 2-0 game with a power move off the far boards and to the net, assisted by Harrogate. Following a scoreless second period, the goals came in bunches in the third period as Brady Lynn and Logan vande Meerakker scored in the opening minutes to make it a 4-0 score. Lynn’s goal at 1:11 was assisted by Jordan Simoneau and Rob Eriksson on a net-front passing play, while Vande Meerakker’s goal came on a power play at 3:54, assisted by Joey Berkopec and Simoneau. The Storm managed to break the shutout bid as Nicola Levesque scored at 4:57 to make it a 4-1 game. The score stagnated for a while, before Evansville put the game out of reach as Lynn scored off the rush with a shot that deflected off a Storm stick at 11:10, unassisted, before Matthew Hobbs put up one more goal for Evansville, banked in off a Quad City defender at 13:05, assisted by Berkopec and Vande Meerakker to round out the scoring at 6-1…