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Date: Nov 29, 2009

Surge Battle Back But Can't Stop Snakes In Shootout

COLUMBUS, GA - The Mississippi Surge fell behind 4-0, but battled back with four straight goals in the third period to send the game to overtime and then a shootout before falling to the Columbus Cottonmouths 5-4 at the Columbus Civic Center on Saturday.  

Tyler Johnson got Columbus out to a 1-0 lead in the first period when he snuck down the right wing and hammered home the rebound of a shot from Jeff Martens at 2:41 of the first. At 16:23 of the first period, Nicholas Boucher gave Columbus a 2-0 lead when he broke into the Mississippi end two-on-one with Kyle Lundale, kept the puck himself and fired a wrist shot past Surge goaltender Ryan Senft for a 2-0 Columbus lead.
 
Tim Hockley made it 3-0 when he strode down the left wing and rifled a high shot past Senft at 5:22 of the second frame.  Green made the lead 4-0 in favor of the snakes with his second goal of the game at 7:21 of third.
 
Mississippi finally solved Columbus netminder Ian Vigier on its' 39th shot of the night when Matt Zultek banged home the rebound of Glenn Cacaro's shot at 13:39 of the third period. Just a minute and six seconds later, Matthew Larke scored on a pass from Chris Ferazzoli to cut the lead Columbus lead to two. At 15:21, Nick Klaren fed a pass over to Tim Velemirovich that he fired past Vigier through a screen to cut the lead to one. Chris Greene evened the game at 18:52 with Senft on the bench, blasting home the rebound of a shot from Jack Wolgemuth.
 
After a scoreless overtime, Orrin Hergott scored for Columbus to seal the victory in the fourth round of the shootout.
 
Ryan Senft made 32 saves to earn an OT and the Surge were 0-for-8 on the power play.
 
The Mississippi Surge and CableOne have teamed up to collect food for those less fortunate at the Surge's home game on December 12. Every fan who brings a canned food item will receive $2 off the cost of a ticket to that night's game against Fayetteville. Get your tickets by calling (228) 287-PUCK!

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