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Evansville, In.: Behind a 1-goal, 3-point night for Scott Kirton, the Thunderbolts outshot, outhit, and outscored the Huntsville Havoc, winning 4-1 for their fifth straight win on home ice on Friday night at Ford Center. The Thunderbolts’ next home game will be on Sunday, November 13thagainst the Quad City Storm at 3:00pm CT. For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), go to EvansvilleThunderbolts.com or visit the Ford Center Ticket Office.
In the first period, Matthew Barron opened the scoring off a net-front bank pass from Brendan Harrogate to give Evansville a 1-0 lead at 9:52, also assisted by Kirton. Kirton’s goal came just over two minutes later at 12:04, as he redirected a Tanner Butler shot to make it 2-0, with a secondary assist to Felix Sasser. Early in the second period, Carter Roo scored to put the Havoc on the board, cutting the Thunderbolts lead to 2-1 at the 1:38 mark. After some big saves by both goaltenders, the Thunderbolts cashed in twice on Havoc penalties, scoring a pair of power play goals to take a 4-1 lead as Fredrik Wink scored at 13:46 from Aaron Huffnagle and Barron, and Butler at 18:26 from Mike Ferraro and Kirton. Evansville shut down the Havoc in the third period and outshot Huntsville 15-4, but no goals came out of the final frame, as the Thunderbolts rounded out the 4-1 victory.
Kirton led the way with the game-winning goal and two assists, while Butler and Barron scored a goal and assist each, and Wink with one goal. Steeves stopped 19 of 20 shots faced in net for his 5th win of the season. These two teams meet again on November 25th at the Von Braun Center.
