Ty Bolton
The Evansville Thunderbolts are the local hockey team and they play at the Ford Center downtown. They just had a two game series this past week with the Quad City Storm. The Friday game, the first of the two games, was a very intense game. The Thunderbolts were able to draw first blood. Noah Corson was able to score an unassisted goal with two minutes left in the first period. That was the only goal in the first period. It was a slow start for both teams, but neither team lacked physicality. There were a couple roughing penalties by each team in the first period. The second period got started and the Storm were able to string together two goals to take the lead. One came in the first minute of the second period and the other goal from them came just five minutes later. The aggression continued to progress with more roughing, tripping, and slashing penalties from each team. Before the second period could come to an end, the Thunderbolts were able snag a goal on a power play. Demico Hannoun scored the goal that was assisted by Austin Plevy and Mike Ferraro. The third period rolled around and the Thunderbolts came out to a hot start. They score two goals within twenty seconds of the period. Tanner Butler got the first goal of the third period, assisted by Matthew Barnaby and Noah Corson. The second goal, which was just ten seconds after the first was scored by Mike Ferraro and was assisted by Tanner Butler and Austin Plevy. The Storm followed with another goal, but the Thunderbolts added some insurance late in the third to take the win 5-3. The last goal was scored by Braden Hellems on a power play. Again with the fighting, in the third there was multiple fights that broke out that lead to major penalties to both teams. As much as you don’t want that for your team, fighting is a part of the culture of hockey and it’s a big reason fans stay so engaged within this sport.
Ty's Sport and Social Media 