Category Archives: Knoxville Ice Bears News

Ice Bears keep streak alive despite OT loss

Max Cook scored with ten seconds remaining in overtime and the Knoxville Ice Bears fell to the Fayetteville Marksmen 3-2 Saturday night at the Civic Coliseum. The Ice Bears kept an eight-game point streak intact and are 6-0-2 in that span. Fayetteville is 5-1-1 in its last seven games. Brian Bowen fielded a pass from…… MORE

Ice Bears sweep Roanoke with 4-3 overtime win

Josh Pietrantonio scored at 4:41 of the overtime period and the Knoxville Ice Bears beat the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 4-3 at the Civic Coliseum on Saturday night. The Ice Bears are 5-0-1 in their last six games. Roanoke has dropped five straight. Pietrantonio scored from right in front of the crease off a feed…… MORE

Ice Bears Maul Roanoke 5-2

Lucas Bombardier, Scott Cuthrell, Stefan Brucato, and Gehrett Sargis all had a goal and an assist each and the Knoxville Ice Bears defeated the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 5-2 on Friday at the Civic Coliseum. The Ice Bears are 4-0-1 in their last five games. Roanoke has dropped four straight. Knoxville scored first on a…… MORE

Ice Bears Pick Up 5 of 6 Total Points In the Weekend

Nick Neville scored 2:46 into overtime and the Peoria Rivermen defeated the Knoxville Ice Bears 3-2 Sunday afternoon at the Civic Coliseum. Knoxville maintained a three-game point streak despite the loss in collecting 5 out of a possible 6 points this weekend. The Rivermen snapped a two-game skid. After Mitchell McPherson’s shot was blocked by…… MORE

Ice Bears Sink Rivermen 5-2 in Front of Sold Out Crowd

Scott Cuthrell and Josh Pietrantonio each had a goal and an assist and the Knoxville Ice Bears beat the Peoria Rivermen 5-2 at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum Saturday night. The Ice Bears have won two straight. The loss was Peoria’s second in a row and the first time all season the Rivermen have dropped back-to-back…… MORE

Ice Bears shot down by Marksmen 4-3

Donald Olivieri scored two goals and had an assist and the Fayetteville Marksmen defeated the Knoxville Ice Bears 4-3 at the Civic Coliseum on Friday night. Knoxville has dropped five of its last six. The Marksmen have won eight straight and are 11-0-5 in their last 16 games. Fayetteville opened the scoring with a shorthanded…… MORE

McVeigh, Porter lead Ice Bears past Roanoke

fig 1 Anthony McVeigh had a goal and two assists, Cody Porter made 26 saves and the Knoxville Ice Bears defeated the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 4-1 at the Civic Coliseum on Friday night. Knoxville is 5-1-1 in its last seven games. Roanoke has lost two straight. Stefan Brucato scored for Knoxville when Dwyer Tschantz…… MORE

Ice Bears fall at home to Huntsville 4-1

Kyle Sharkey scored twice and the Knoxville Ice Bears fell to the Huntsville Havoc 4-1 at the Civic Coliseum Friday night. The loss snapped a four-game skid for Knoxville. Huntsville has won two straight. Huntsville grabbed the lead right before the first intermission when Pierre Oulette’s pass was intercepted in the Knoxville zone by Sharkey.…… MORE

Ice Bears Outlast Bolts in Shootout, Sweep Weekend

Bryce Nielsen scored the game-winning penalty shot in the ninth round of the shootout and the Knoxville Ice Bears beat the Evansville Thunderbolts 4-3 Saturday night at the Civic Coliseum. Knoxville won its third straight game. The Ice Bears beat the Thunderbolts in Evansville 4-3 in a shootout Friday night as well. Nielsen skated up…… MORE

Ice Bears outlast Evansville in shootout for weekend sweep

Murdaca shines in return as Ice Bears win

Joe Murdaca made 26 saves in his return from the ECHL for his league-leading fourth shutout of the season and the Knoxville Ice Bears beat the Macon Mayhem 2-0 Tuesday night at the Civic Coliseum. The Ice Bears snapped a three-game skid with the win. Macon has lost four straight. The Ice Bears jumped out…… MORE

Ice Bears drop third straight with 5-2 loss to Marksmen

Blake Wojtala made 54 saves for Fayetteville and the Marksmen defeated the Knoxville Ice Bears 5-2 on Saturday at the Civic Coliseum. The Ice Bears have dropped three straight games in as many days. Knoxville outshot Fayetteville 56-33. Brian Bowen put Fayetteville ahead first on a breakaway goal at 5:26 of the opening period. Josh…… MORE

Ice Bears drop third straight, 5-2 to Marksmen

Ice Bears Shut Out Bulls 7-0 to Climb into First Place

Lionel Mauron scored a goal and had three assists, Joe Murdaca notched his third shutout of the season and the Knoxville Ice Bears beat the Birmingham Bulls 7-0 on Thursday at the Civic Coliseum. Knoxville has won seven of its last eight games. Birmingham has lost four of its last five. Bryce Nielsen opened the…… MORE

Ice Bears Climb into First Place

Knoxville streak snapped with loss to Roanoke

Roanoke broke a third period tie with three unanswered goals and the Rail Yard Dawgs defeated the Knoxville Ice Bears 7-4 at the Civic Coliseum on Friday night. The loss snaps a six-game winning streak for Knoxville. Roanoke ended a nine-game skid. With a loose puck sliding through the open slot in the third period,…… MORE

Ice Bears pour it on Thunderbolts in 7-2 win

Anthony McVeigh and Bryce Nielsen each scored two goals and the Knoxville Ice Bears won their sixth straight game with a 7-2 over the Evansville Thunderbolts on Wednesday night. The Ice Bears are 7-0-1 in their last eight games. Evansville has lost three of its last four. Knoxville fell behind early when Evansville’s Seth Swenson…… MORE