This past weekend, the Savannah Ghost Pirates held two games at home, one being their teddy bear toss game on Sunday. Both games were filled with action and intensity. The Ghost Pirates faced off against the Atlanta Gladiators and the Orlando Solar Bears.
Friday, 12/06/2024 vs Atlanta Gladiators
In the opening frame, Denis Cesana opened up scoring and scored the lone goal of the first period at 1:29 when he took a shot from the right face-off circle. Evan Nause and Liam Walsh earned the helpers on Cesana’s goal.
The middle frame was the Savannah Show, with four goals scored alone by the Ghost Pirates. 38 seconds into the frame Kelti Jeri-Leon scores off of the low corner of the right face off circle. Jeri-Leon was assisted by Will Riedell and Nathan Staios. Less than a minute later at 1:10, Evan Nause nets his first professional career goal off of the helper of Brandon Saigeon and Logan Drevitch. At 9:34, Riley Bezeau, who was sent down from AHL Charlotte Checkers, nets his second goal of the season off of the pass from Reece Vitelli and Riedell on a powerplay. The powerplay was off of an Atlanta penalty from Joey Cipollone for tripping at 8:04. Jeri-Leon comes in again at 11:45 and nets one into the Atlanta net. He was assisted by Nicholas Zabaneh and Cesana on a powerplay. This powerplay was from Atlanta’s Ryan Crawford for slashing.
The final frame opened much like the first two did, but this one continued on a powerplay from a roughing minor taken by Atlanta’s Jackson Pierson. Josh Davies scores his fourth goal of the season at 9:21 with the assist from Devon Paliani and Riedell. At 13:30, Easton Armstrong scores the lone goal of the night for Atlanta off of the assist of Cipollone and Derek Topatigh. Less than 30 seconds later at 13:51, Savannah answered back when Cesana scored his second goal of the night. He was assisted by Paliani and Nause. This goal put Cesana at league leading defenseman for goals scored. Cesana is also tied with Fort Wayne Komets Kyle Mayhew, Idaho Steelheads Matt Register, and South Carolina Stingrays Blake Thompson in points for defenseman.
Sunday, 12/08/2024 vs Orlando Solar Bears
It started to rain teddy bears at 2:05 of the middle frame when Paliani netted his sixth goal of the season off of the assist of Pito Walton and Bezeau.
Less than five minutes at 6:26, Bezeau scored his third goal of the season and was assisted by Staios and Riedell. The next three goals of the middle frame came from the Solar Bears. At 8:46, Jack Adams netted one in past Cormier off of the assist of Aaron Luchuk. At 10:07, Anthony Bardaro was assisted by Jarrett Lee and Avery Winslow. In the last minute of the second period, Luchuk scored at 19:02 off of the assist of Adams. Heading into the final frame, at 19:02, Paliani scored the game tying goal from the assist of Riedell and Vitelli. The game went into overtime and at 6:53 of OT, Orlando’s Tyler Bird scored his ninth goal of the season.
Savannah heads into Kansas City to face off against the Mavericks on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
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