Blazers Jump into Third Place in North
The Oklahoma City Blazers passed the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs for third place in the Northern Conference with a 4-3 shootout win versus the New Mexico Scorpions at the Ford Center. The win was the third straight for Oklahoma City.
Blazers/Scorpions Box Score
The Blazers held three separate one-goal leads but on each occasion, the Scorps battled back to tie the game eventually sending it to a shootout where Jeff MacDermind and Simon Lambert scored for OKC. Lamberts served as the game winner.
Bill Vandermeer, D.J. Jelitto and Jason Murfitt all scored goals for the Blazers during regulation.
Doug Groenestege made 30 saves winning his 21st game of the season.
Michael Beynon had a goal and an assist for New Mexico.