Kissimmee, FL — The Orlando SeaWolves played their first competitive game, fighting back from a two-goal deficit and taking the game to overtime at Silver Spurs Arena with the game knotted at 4-4 after regulation. No one could find the net in a 10-minute overtime period and the game went to a shootout, where the St. Louis Ambush handed the SeaWolves an opening night loss by winning the shootout, 2-1, to claim a 5-4 victory.
Former Orlando City player Luke Boden scored the first SeaWolves goal in a competitive game with a power-play strike early in the second period and he added two assists.