Thunderbirds drop road game to Zydeco

BATON ROUGE, LA. – The Twin City Thunderbirds dropped a road game Sunday to the Baton Rouge Zydeco by a final score of 4-2. Jack Johansen and Kayson Gallant each netted a goal for Twin City during the loss. The Thunderbirds return to action Friday, March 13^th at 7:05pm ET in a home game against the Athens Rock Lobsters.

Curtis Hansen opened the scoring in Sunday’s game with an even-strength goal for the Zydeco at 9:42 of the 1^st period. Blake Keller collected an assist on the scoring play. Twin City responded with two goals in the final three minutes of the opening period to take a one-goal lead in the matchup. Jack Johansen scored his first goal as a Thunderbird at 17:36 of the 1^st period. The goal was netted even-strength, and was assisted by Dominic Dumas and James Farmer.

Kayson Gallant scored his first goal as a Thunderbird with sixteen seconds left in the period to give the Thunderbirds a 2-1 advantage in the battle. Gallant’s goal was scored even-strength, and was assisted by Roman Kraemer. Twin City outshot Baton Rouge by a 16-10 margin during the 1^st period, and the Thunderbirds entered the 2^nd period with a one-goal advantage in the matchup.

The lone goal of Sunday’s middle period was netted shorthanded by Jake Cox. The scoring play by Cox was at 5:16 of the 2^nd period, and was assisted by Scott Shorrock. Twin City was outshot by an 8-5 margin during the 2^nd period, and Sunday’s 3^rd period began with the game tied 2-2.

Blake Keller scored a goal just over a minute into Sunday’s final period to give Baton Rouge a one-goal lead in the battle. The goal was netted at 1:15 of the 3^rd period, and was assisted by Steven Ford and Curtis Hansen. The final goal of Sunday’s contest was scored into an empty net by Narek Aleksanyan with less than a minute to play. Twin City dropped the game by a final score of 4-2, and fell to 20-23-1 on the season. The Thunderbirds were outshot by a 7-5 margin during the 3^rd period, but outshot the Zydeco by an overall margin of 26-25 during the matchup.

Boris Babik dropped the game in net for Twin City in a 21-save-on-24-shot performance. Edward Coffey won the game in goal for Baton Rouge by making 24 saves on 26 shots during the contest.