ECHL: Blades take sixth-straight win

Forward Carl Mallette picked up one goal and oneassist including the game winner in the third period in the Everblades sixthstraight victory.

The Blades remained in first place in the SouthernDivision with the win.In the first period, the Generals grabbed a 1-0 lead after forward Eric Fortier slipped the puck past Florida goaltender Jeff Maund when itredirected off the back wall and on to Fortier's stick.

However, theEverblades tied the game at 1-1 just :12 seconds later when rookie forwardGray Shaneberger stole the puck deep in the Generals zone, skated out of thecorner and lifted the puck over the glove of Generals goaltender DanielBerthiaume at the 16:00 mark of the period.

The Everblades peppered theGenerals with 20 shots in the first period. In the second period, the Generals grabbed a 2-1 lead after forward SamFtorek got behind the Florida defense, went in on a breakaway and lifted ashot over the glove hand of goaltender Jeff Maund.

Florida came right backand made it 2-2 after forward Carl Mallette got around a Generals defensemanand sent a shot that deflected off of the pad of the Generals goaltender andwent right to forward Jay Legault who backhanded the puck into the open neton the rebound.

However, the Generals got the lead back on the power playlate in the period after forward Matt Turek one timed a shot into the net togive Greensboro a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.

In the third period, the Everblades tied the score at 3-3 after Reggie Berg sent a bad angle shot that went through a screen and into the net. TheEverblades then took a 4-3 lead with just over six minutes to play whendefenseman Paul Esdale sent a shot on net that forward Carl Mallette tippedpast Generals goaltender Daniel Berthiaume.

Florida goaltender Jeff Maund (7-1-0) stopped 44 of 47 shots he faced whileGreensboro netminder Daniel Berthiaume (12-5-0) stopped 40 of 44 shots hefaced.

The Everblades were 0-for-4 on the power play while the Generals were 1 for 6.

Florida continues their road trip on Friday night in Roanoke, Va., against theExpress at 7:30 p.m.