ROANOKE, Va. – The Rail Yard Dawgs (20-11-4) completely dismantled the Knoxville Ice Bears (19-15-4) on Friday night, thrashing their rivals 9-2 at Berglund Center. Nick Ford had a hat trick, Joe Widmar had four points (1 G, 3 A), Carson Gallagher (1 G, 2 A) and Stephen Alvo (3 A) each had three points, Tommy Munichiello, Austen Swankler, and Jacob Kelly each had one goal and one assist each, and Matt O’Dea added a goal for Roanoke in a blowout victory.
It was another dominant first period for the Dawgs, as they scored the game’s opening goal within the first 100 seconds of action.
Austyn Roudebush stopped 24-of-26 shots faced in net for the Dawgs. Mundinger stopped 24-of-33 shots faced in net before he was pulled from the game, and Joseph stopped both of the two shots he faced in relief for the Ice Bears. Roanoke was 2-for-6 on the power play, and Knoxville went 0-for-3 on its chances.
