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Evansville, In.: Despite leading late into the third period, the Thunderbolts fell victim to a Macon rally of two quick late goals to steal the victory away from Evansville, 3-2 Macon the final score at Ford Center on Friday night. The Thunderbolts’ next home game will be on Saturday, January 28th  against the Macon Mayhem at 7:00pm CT. For tickets, call (812)422-BOLT (2658), go to EvansvilleThunderbolts.com, or visit the Ford Center Ticket Office.
Evansville grabbed their first lead late in the first period, as Bryan Etter scored on a breakaway from Aaron Huffnagle at 18:35. The Mayhem responded with a power play goal from Carter Roo at 16:53 of the second period to send the game into the third period tied at 1-1. Brendan Harrogate gave Evansville a 2-1 lead at 6:49 from Scott Kirton and Felix Sasser, however the lead would not last as the Mayhem scored twice to put themselves in front 3-2 late. The first goal, on a late power play from Aaron Aragon at 17:09 tied the game, before a takeaway in the Evansville zone led to a go-ahead goal from Rhett Kingston only 36 seconds later at 17:45 to make it a 3-2 Macon lead. Despite several close chances in the Macon zone, the Thunderbolts failed to tie it back up as the Mayhem took the first game of the weekend series with the rematch on Saturday night at Ford Center.
               Etter and Harrogate had Evansville’s goals, while Sammy Bernard stopped 26 of 29 shots faced in net.  The Thunderbolts and Mayhem meet once again on Saturday night at Ford Center.
