With 9:36 remaining in the second period, the score was 4-1. Then suddenly, it wasn’t.
Such was the story of the Miami RedHawks’ 6-4 defeat this Friday at the hands of the Omaha Mavericks. Following a four goal swing in the RedHawks’ favor - one that seemingly placed the game out of Omaha’s reach, an anemic Miami defense allowed five unanswered in the final thirty minutes of play.
“It’s just another lesson that you have to play sixty minutes,” said coach Enrico Blasi, postgame. “You can’t play forty minutes at our level and expect to win games.