Special teams took over in the first period. The Admirals opened the scoring with a power play goal on their first opportunity at 11:09 into the game. The Gargoyles recovered with a power play goal to tie the game from Patrick Newell, assisted by Dalton Skelly and Anthony Rinaldi at 16:03. 92 seconds later, the Gargoyles took the lead on another power play goal when Newell set up Greg Smith to give Greensboro a 2-1 lead at the first intermission.
Newell got his third point of the night to open the second period at 5:34 from Richardson and Biondi to take a 3-1 lead. Norfolk would get one back late in the second with 1:46 left to cut the lead to one.
In the third period, the Admirals tied the game 3-3 on Chase Yoder’s second straight goal. They would steal the game-winning goal at 12:59 of the third when Jack O’Leary found a rebound from Brandon Osmundson’s breakaway bid. Osmundson would score on an empty net in the final minute of regulation to cap off a four-point night and secure his team a 5–3 win.
The Gargoyles will play Norfolk twice more this weekend, traveling to Virginia on Saturday and Sunday, February 14 and 15. The road trip opens a six-game road schedule, with three games in Norfolk split by a three-game weekend in the Adirondack. The Gargoyles return home on February 27 with the return of Pucks and Paws Night, and eight of the next nine games at First Horizon Coliseum! Get your tickets and more information at gargoyleshockey.com.
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