ECHL Game Recap: Jacksonville Icemen vs Adirondack Thunder | 11/20/2024

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The Adirondack Thunder and Jacksonville Icemen faced off on Wednesday Night for the first time since March 3rd, 2023, in a game Adirondack won 5-2. After coming off a 7-1 loss on Sunday Night, the Thunder needed to put out a solid effort to start their four-game road trip, but the Icemen had other plans. In the opening frame, it would be Zach Jordan who fed Brody Crane for a one-timer timer to open up the scoring at the 9:49 mark of the opening period. Once again, the Thunder would allow a goal in the final minute of the period as Christopher Brown threw a shot at Tyler Brennan that snuck through him at the 19:09 mark of the opening frame as the Thunder would be down 2-0 after the opening 20 while also being outshot 16-7.

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In the second, the former Adirondack Thunder defenseman Ivan Chukarov found the back of the net less than five minutes in to make it 3-0 Icemen. Heading into Wednesday Night’s game, it had seemed like the Thunder PP was finding its strides after scoring in back-to-back games, but it would hurt the Thunder on Wednesday as Ty Cheveldayoff scored a short-handed goal at the 6:33 mark of the second, making it 4-0 Jacksonville and for the first time all-season Tyler Brennan would get yanked after giving up four goals on 21 shots. The Icemen would be able to score another short-handed goal before the game was over as Garrett Van Whye, another former Thunder, would find the back of the net for the second short-handed goal of the game, and the Icemen would roll to a 5-0 Victory. Matt Vernon stopped all 30 shots he saw on Wednesday Night for his third win and first shutout of the season.

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The Thunder have given up 11 unanswered goals to opponents in their last two games and their first two short-handed goals of the season. Tonight also marked the first time that the Thunder had been shut out since March 8th, which was another ugly loss as they lost 7-0 to the Maine Mariners. Adirondack will now head to Savannah to face the Ghost Pirates tomorrow night for their first-ever match-up against the Ghost Pirates. It’s tough to say that there are must-win games this early in the season, but for the Thunder, they need a decent performance tomorrow in Savannah before facing the South Carolina Stingrays for two games after the Stingrays made easy work of both Worcester and Maine last weekend.

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Armand Klisivitch

Inside The Rink ECHL Manager | Senior Editor Credentialed Reporter for the Adirondack Thunder & Worcester Railers.

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