The Pensacola Ice Flyers tried their best to erase a two-goal deficit, but the Fayetteville FireAntz would not be denied the victory and hung on to win, 2-1.

Fayetteville took a 2-0 lead during the third period, only to have Pensacola storm back on a Corey Banfield goal 19:34 into the third period to pull to one goal down.

The FireAntz's Sean Bonar was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 43 saves and let only one puck past him. Despite the solid performance, Bonar will actually see his goals against average rise, as it stood at 0.93 entering the contest.

Fayetteville was led by Kyle McNeil, who racked up one goal. McNeil scored 15:42 into the third period to make the score 2-0 Fayetteville. Austin Daae assisted on the tally.

The FireAntz stifled the Ice Flyers' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Fayetteville was below its usual level of shot production, taking 22 shots compared to the 29.1 the FireAntz average.

Fayetteville additionally got points from Daae, who also registered one goal and one assist. More assists for Fayetteville came via Mike Kavanagh and Corey Tamblyn, who each chipped in one.

Pensacola did not reach the goal total it has come to expect this season. The Ice Flyers put an average of 3.5 pucks into the net per game. Pensacola forced Fayetteville goalie Bonar to work between the pipes, taking 44 shots.

Other players who recorded assists for Pensacola were Michael Budd and Daniel Sova, who contributed one each.

The FireAntz totaled 13 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 1-for-4 on the power play. Max Strang recorded 20 saves for the Ice Flyers. Pensacola totaled 13 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 0-for-4 on the power play.