The NYC Cyclones pulled off a close victory against the Long Beach Lightning yesterday in an icy, back-and-forth match.
Caleb Kallelis scored th e first goal of the game for the Long Beach Lightning at 1:00:48 in period 1, increasing his total goals before the game from 11 to 12. Connor Smyth quickly kept pace for NYC at 01:18:54 and Joseph Feerick scored again shortly after, bringing the score to 2-1.
In period 2, Connor Birtwell scored for NYC at 02:11:40 and Caleb Kallelis responded only a minute later to tie up the score one last time. With the score 3-2, Otto Buff finally made history as he sealed the games win with a goal at 02:20:31, assisted by Jacob Karpati.
Though Long Beach fought hard until their last moments, they fell just short of a comeback win. Congratulations to all players from both teams on an incredible game!