JACKSONVILLE (Florida Sports Wire) – Saturday night saw the Trois-Rivières Lions facing off against the Jacksonville Icemen at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville. The visitors from the North came away with a 4-3 win.
The Lions began the game with a bang, scoring three consecutive goals without a reply from Jacksonville. Jake Bricknell opened the scoring for the Lions, his first in a Trois-Rivières uniform. He had just come out of the penalty box after serving a two-minute minor for tripping when he found the back of the Icemen net.
Christopher Ortiz made it 2-0 for the Lions a few minutes later, and then captain Cedric Montminy made it 3-0 with less than a minute remaining in the period.
The tables were turned in the second period as Jacksonville responded with three goals of their own: Riley Fiddler-Shultz got the Icemen on the board at the 7:30 mark, and then a few minutes later he notched his second with assists going to Brendan Harris and Christopher Brown.
Matheson Iacopelli scored at 11:09 to knot the game at 3-3. But just 13 seconds later Lions’ captain Montminy scored his second of the game with an assist being given to Miguël Tourigny to put the Lions back in front, 4-3.
There was no scoring in the third period, meaning the Lions left Jacksonville with a victory. The win got the Lions off the schneid after having lost three straight games. It also snapped the Icemen’s four game winning streak.
Over 14,000 teddy bears and stuffed animals were tossed onto the ice to celebrate the goal and thy will be rounded up and distributed to local children’s charities across the area for the Holidays.
(Photo by Nancy DeLander Beecher)
