Sea Wolves Outlast Bobcats In Barnburner Exhibition Finale

WYTHEVILLE, VA

In an absolutely thrilling conclusion to the exhibition series between the Sea Wolves and Bobcats, Mississippi and Blue Ridge combined for a whopping 13 goals (besting the 11 combined tallies from Friday's exhibition opener). Blake Keller scored the overtime winner for the Sea Wolves to sinch up a 7-6 victory for Mississippi.

The Sea Wolves stretched out to a four-goal advantage after the opening twenty minutes, but a resilient bunch of Blue Ridge Bobcats would put up 3 goals each in the second and third periods to force overtime. The trio of Bobcats goals in the middle frame came in a span of less than 12 minutes. Sotirios Karageorgos, the game's second star, put up a pair of goals just 8 minutes apart. Less than 4 minutes later, Max Sazanovets redirected a shot home to bring the Bobcats within two.

Noah Hippolyte-Smith scored the sixth of the night for the Sea Wolves early in the third, but a frenetic answer came from the 'Cats. Andrew Uturo and Ilnur Madiarov scored at 5:24 and 6:06 respectively, to bring Blue Ridge back within one on goals just 58 seconds apart. 6 minutes after Madiarov's goal, Joel Frazee slammed home a rebound to tie the game at the 12:09 mark of the third.

The Bobcats will open the regular season on Friday night when they host the Athens Rock Lobsters. Tickets are on sale now at blueridgebobcats.com/tickets, or by calling or visiting the Hitachi Energy Arena Box Office.