BY: Matt Trust, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
Greenville, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits fell by a 4-0 margin to the Indy Fuel on Saturday night at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. Both teams will rematch tomorrow afternoon for the weekend’s rubber match and the fifth and final meeting of Greenville and Indy’s season series.
In the first period, Indy grabbed an early advantage with a marker from Michael McNicholas at 5:22. McNicholas fired a cannon from the left-wing past goaltender Ryan Bednard to provide the Fuel a 1-0 lead.
Indy extended the margin with a goal on the man-advantage at 14:58. Alex Rauter tipped a low Willie Raskob shot past Bednard to extend his club’s lead to 2-0.
The Fuel added a second power play marker at 18:56 of the opening stanza. Mike Lee fired a low shot through a maze of players and past Bednard to triple the Fuel lead to 3-0. Indy’s man-advantage finished the night 2-for-5.
The 3-0 margin remained through 40 minutes and into the game’s final minute. At 19:39, Alex Rauter scored into an empty net for his fifth goal of the season to conclude a 4-0 final.
Greenville and Indy will conclude their season-series tomorrow afternoon at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. The puck drops at 3:05 p.m.
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Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has provided family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. The Swamp Rabbits were formerly known as the Greenville Road Warriors. They are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina and the proud affiliates of the NHL’s Florida Panthers and AHL’s Charlotte Checkers. Greenville is a member of the ECHL, Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League. Since the conclusion of the 2019-20 NHL Season, 678 former ECHL players have debuted in the NHL. Nine former Greenville Road Warriors/Swamp Rabbits have later made their NHL debut.
