Gwinnett Gladiators Defeat Pensacola Ice Pilots 3-2 - ECHL

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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - PENSACOLA , FL – For the first time in more than a month, hockey fans were treated to a tight defensive battle at The Hangar. In the end, the Gwinnett Gladiators fired a late third period goal and held on to beat the Pensacola Ice Pilots 3-2. It was the first time since early February that the Ice Pilots did not score more than four goals in a game.

The loss spoiled the brilliant goaltending of Evan Lindsay who was outstanding for the Ice Pilots stopping 47 of 50 shots.

It was a penalty filled contest that featured 17 power plays, but just two goal were scored on the man advantage, both by the Gladiators which won their 36^th of the season. The Ice Pilots fell for the 39^th time and just the 16th on home ice.

Gwinnett took a 1-0 lead deep into the second period before the Ice Pilots tied the game. Eric Johnson tallied a shorthanded marker from Jarred Mohr and Torry Gadja . It was the third shorthanded tally in as many games for the Ice Pilots and the fourth in the last five games.

In the third period, Gwinnett restored a one goal lead 2-1 before the Ice Pilots tied it for the second straight time. John Hecimovic picked up his 19^th from Torry Gadja at 14:26 .

Just three minutes later, the Gladiators won a battle for the lose puck after a face-off inside the Ice Pilots zone -- and put the puck over the shoulder of Evan Lindsay to take the lead 3-2. The Ice Pilots pulled their goaltender in the final minute of play and couldn’t get the equalizer.