River Rats' comeback falls short, Asylum wins 6-4

Asylum, which led by three goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by River Rats and clinched a 6-4 victory.

Asylum led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Asylum's Michael Pizzulli scored at 9:24 in the third period to put Asylum up 5-2.

Asylum got the win on the strength of a great game by Frank Jr Tadeo, who had one goal and four assists. Jr Tadeo scored 59 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Asylum.

Asylum forced River Rats goalie Luis Hernandez to work between the pipes, taking 44 shots.

Asylum additionally got points from Franky Santelli, who also racked up one goal and one assist and Pizzulli, who also tallied three goals and one assist. Asylum also got a goal from Jason Layton as well.

River Rats managed to stay out of the box better than usual, racking up one minor for two minutes in penalty time. River Rats finished below its season average of 3.0 penalty minutes per game. River Rats' offense rang up 39 shots on Asylum's net.

River Rats was led by Billy McCann Jr, who had three goals and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for River Rats were Tom Chimento, who had one and Marc Roser, who had two.

James Collette recorded 35 saves for Asylum. Asylum incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. River Rats' Hernandez stopped 38 shots out of the 44 that he faced. River Rats registered zero goals on two power play opportunities.