(ATHENS, Ga.) – The Macon Mayhem fell to the Athens Rock Lobsters 6-3 in a hard-fought battle on Friday night.
The Rock Lobsters got on the board first at 4:48 with a goal from Luke Croucher, assisted by Corey Cunningham and Devyn Mayea. Both teams traded penalties throughout the period, with Athens’ Logan Acheson called for slashing and Macon’s Brandon Stojcevski assessed a holding penalty. Athens extended its lead at 14:00 on the power play, as Nikita Borodaenko found the back of the net, assisted by Hassan Akl and Brandon Reller, giving the Rock Lobsters a two-goal advantage.
Macon answered back in the second period, with Khaden Henry finding the back of the net at 8:36, assisted by Michael Herrera and Nikola Murgic. The teams continued to trade penalties throughout the period before Athens added another goal as Connor Galloway scored his second of the game, assisted by Daniil Glukharev and Gleb Bandurkin, extending their lead to 3-1.
Athens continued to dominate in the third period, with Gleb Bandurkin opening the scoring early on in the period with help from Daniil Glukharev and Connor Galloway. The Mayhem responded minutes later as Jayden Price found the back of the net, assisted by Michael Krupinski and Mason Hoehn. The Rock Lobsters extended their lead once again, with Glukharev adding a goal at 11:31, assisted by Sebastian Smith, followed by a Macon goal from Michael Krupinski with help from Philippe Caron and Savva Smirnov. Macon pulled its goaltender Dominic Basse in an attempt to generate offense, but Brandon Reller sealed the win for Athens with an empty-net goal at 18:36.
Macon will host their home opener tomorrow night, October 24th, at 6pm ET vs the Birmingham Bulls at the Macon Coliseum. There will be a post-game skate with the team. Grab your tickets today by visiting maconmayhem.com.
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