BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Two second-period goals were too much for the Greenville Swamp Rabbits to overcome as they fell 4-1 to the Orlando Solar Bears at the Amway Center on Friday night.
GAME SHEET: https://bit.ly/3JHU8pT
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | ||
| GVL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| ORL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
In a first period that saw the Orlando outshoot the Swamp Rabbits 16-7, the Solar Bears were rewarded early, as Tristin Langan scored his 14th of the season at 5:15 for the 1-0 lead. However, Greenville responded and leveled the game at 11:11 as Quin Foreman snapped his sixth of the season into the Orlando net.
In the second, Orlando needed just 1:21 to take the 2-1 advantage as Maxime Cajkovic slid his sixth of the season into the net. Later in the period, Tyler Bird lifted his 15th goal into the Greenville net for a 3-1 advantage at 15:20.
At 5:28 of the third period, Aaron Luchuk returned to the Orlando lineup with his 13th of the season to secure the 4-1 final score-line.
With the loss, the Swamp Rabbits fall to 27-26-4-3, while the Solar Bears improve to 31-27-4-0.
On Sunday, Greenville remains at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, for a rematch with the Solar Bears at 2:00 p.m.
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