Four-Goal Third Period Powers Havoc Past Mayhem, 4-2

Four-Goal Third Period Powers Havoc Past Mayhem, 4-2

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. – Trailing by two goals through 40 minutes, the Huntsville Havoc saved their best hockey for the third period Friday night. They scored four unanswered goals to storm back for a 4-2 victory over the Macon Mayhem at Polaris Ice at Propst Arena. Macon struck first midway through the opening period. A neutral-zone dump-in got away from Havoc goaltender Alex Proctor, and Bohdan Zinchenko buried the rebound with 8:25 remaining. Proctor locked in from there. Huntsville had two late power-play opportunities but couldn’t find an answer against Mayhem netminder Josh Boyko. The second period brought plenty of traffic to the penalty box, with Huntsville taking four of the five minor penalties assessed. Macon made the Havoc pay when Michael Krupinski delivered a reverse hit to free up the puck. That set up Mason Hoehn for a power-play one-timer past Proctor with 6:20 remaining. Despite outshooting Macon 21-13 in the period, Huntsville headed to the second intermission trailing 2-0. The Havoc needed a spark in the third, and Marc Pasemko provided it. With Macon’s Nick Dineen serving a roughing minor, Pasemko cut the deficit in half just nine seconds into the power play. From the right circle, Pasemko tried a pass into the slot, but the puck slipped through Boyko’s five-hole and into the net with 16:36 remaining. Not the play he drew up, but they all count. Michael Abgrall and Dawson Sciarrino earned the assists. Pasemko wasn’t finished. With 9:10 left in regulation, Troy Williams fired a shot from the left point, and Pasemko redirected it through Boyko’s five-hole to tie the game at 2-2. Williams and Ben Schultheis picked up the assists as Pasemko extended his goal-scoring streak to three games. The Havoc completed the comeback with 4:07 remaining. Terry Ryder sent Giovanni Procopio in alone on a breakaway, but Boyko turned aside the first attempt. Jack Jaunich followed the play and buried the rebound to give Huntsville its first lead of the night, 3-2. Macon pulled Boyko for the extra attacker late in regulation, but Procopio slammed the door. He lofted a saucer from center ice into the empty net with 15 seconds remaining, and Schultheis earned his second assist of the night on the play. While the Havoc offense came alive in the third, Proctor held down the other end of the ice. Macon fired 20 shots on goal in the final period, and Proctor turned aside every one of them to preserve the victory. Proctor finished with 43 saves on 45 shots to earn the win, while Boyko stopped 42 of 45 in the loss. Both teams finished 1-for-5 on the power play. The Havoc return to action Saturday, November 7, traveling to Fayetteville to face the Marksmen at the Crown Coliseum.