GREENVILLE, SC – Brannon McManus' overtime winner lifted the Greenville Swamp Rabbits to a 4-3 victory over the Savannah Ghost Pirates on Sunday afternoon at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Final | |
GVL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
SAV | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
An early penalty against the Swamp Rabbits gave way for the opening goal of the game, as Connor Corcoran scored the power-play goal at 1:11 for the Savannah lead. Greenville responded at 2:28, as Ethan Somoza scored on a shot through a goal-front screen for his 13th of the season. Savannah retook the advantage at 7:48, as Mason Primeau swept a rebounding puck into the Greenville net.In the second, the Rabbits continued to pepper the Savannah goal, outshooting the Ghost Pirates 44-10 through 40 minutes. At 11:46, Tanner Eberle scored his team-leading 21st of the season to tie the game for Greenville at 2-2.Greenville jumped into the lead at just 4:14 of the third period, as Carter Souch dug the puck across the goal line for the 3-2 score line. Shortly after, at 5:17, Brent Pedersen tied the game for the Ghost Pirates. With the score tied at after 60 minutes, the two sides headed to overtime. At 4:15 in the extra frame, Brett Kemp's rebounding shot fell to Brannon McManus, who netted his seventh of the season for the 4-3 Swamp Rabbits win.With the win, the Swamp Rabbits improve to 27-15-7-0 while the Ghost Pirates drop to 16-25-9-1. The Swamp Rabbits and the Ghost Pirates meet, again, at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Wednesday night for a 7:05 p.m. meeting. Swamp Rabbits tickets can be purchased at SwampRabbits.com or at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena Box Office.