PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Pensacola Ice Flyers scored three times in the third period to rally past the Birmingham Bulls 3-2 on Sunday at the Pensacola Bay Center.
The first period went scoreless. Birmingham opened the scoring at 7:44 of the second period, when Ashton Paul netted the period’s only goal, assisted by Colin Tracy and Matt Wiesner.
Pensacola answered in the third. Alex Dameski tied the game at 3:18 of the period, assisted by Tyler Burnie and Jonathan Ziskie. Less than a minute later, Jack Suchy put the Ice Flyers ahead at 4:14, assisted by Bradley Somers, who then scored himself at 14:24, assisted by Andrew Poulias and Brannon Butler.
Tracy scored for Birmingham in the final seconds, at 19:45, assisted by Lynn, to bring the Bulls within one, but Birmingham could not find the equalizer.
Pensacola goaltender Rico DiMatteo stopped 20 of 22 Birmingham shots.
The loss drops Birmingham to 3-3 on the season. The Bulls return home Friday, when they host Knoxville at 7 p.m. at the Pelham Civic Complex.