BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits scored four unanswered goals to defeat the South Carolina Stingrays 4-3 in come-from-behind fashion on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum.
South Carolina scored just 2:46 into the first period as Jade Miller buried a breakaway chance into the back of the net. The Stingrays added to their lead with Alex Brink taking a misplayed pass for a breakaway and scoring his second of the season at the 6:41 mark.
The Stingrays scored the third goal from a five-on-three power play tally from Jordan Subban before Frédéric Létourneau scored his first goal of the season on the power play to put the Swamp Rabbits on the scoreboard at the 16:06 mark.
Early in the third, Greenville closed to within a goal as Liam Pecararo stole the puck behind the Stingrays net and worked in front of the net to score a shorthanded goal. Pecararo would tie the game at 3-3 with his second of the game, a power play goal at the 17:04 mark.
With the score tied, Greenville and South Carolina needed overtime to determine the game’s outcome. With 3:49 gone by in the sudden death period, Max Zimmer sniped his fifth goal of the season into the net for the 4-3 win to improve the Swamp Rabbits to 6-7-0-0.
Greenville will travel to the North Charleston Coliseum for a pair of road meetings with the South Carolina Stingrays on Friday and Saturday and return to Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Sunday to take on the Stingrays 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 been providing family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly the Greenville Road Warriors, the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are proud affiliates of the NHL’s Florida Panthers and AHL’s Charlotte Checkers. Greenville is a member of the ECHL, Premier ‘A.A.’ Hockey.
