THIRD PERIOD LEAD SLIPS AWAY AS RABBITS DROP NEW YEAR'S DAY GAME TO JACKSONVILLE IN OVERTIME

GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits see a two-goal lead slip away in the third period, as they fall 6-5 in overtime to the Jacksonville Icemen on New Year's Day at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. 

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Greenville opened 2023 with an early goal from Chase Zieky, his sixth of the season, at 10:23, but the lead was short lived as Luke Lynch scored a power-play goal at 17:31 to tie the game at 1-1.In the second, Greenville retook the lead as Alex Ierullo netted his 12th of the season at 3:27. Jacksonville, again, equaled the Swamp Rabbits with a Zach Jordan goal at 8:41. Shortly after, at 10:38, the Icemen gained their first lead of the night with a Brendan Harris power-play goal. Greenville swung momentum back in its favor with a pair of goals, one from Ierullo at 16:20 and a power-play goal from Max Martin at 19:48.The Swamp Rabbits added to their lead just 2:57 into the final period as Nikita Pavlychev scored his league-leading 19th of the season on a power-play. Later, Harris would answer for Jacksonville with a goal at 7:12 before tying the game with his third goal of the game at 9:32.The two sides when to overtime, and after an Ara Nazarian shot was saved, Christopher Brown batted the puck into the Greenville goal for the 6-5 victory.With the loss, the Swamp Rabbits fall to 15-8-7-0 while the Icemen improve to 18-10-1-0.The Swamp Rabbits take to the road for a Sunshine State road trip as they travel to Hertz Arena in Estero, FL on Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. meeting with the Florida Everblades. Swamp Rabbits tickets can be purchased at SwampRabbits.com or at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena Box Office.