Marksmen lose at Roanoke, 3-1

ROANOKE, Va. — Lincoln Griffin's goal midway through the third period gave Roanoke the spark it needed to topple Fayetteville, 3-1, in Southern Professional Hockey League action Thursday night.

Roanoke (4-10-2) downed the Marksmen (11-3-1) for the first time in six meetings this season. Fayetteville returns to action Friday and Saturday nights with home games at the Crown Coliseum against Knoxville (9-7-1).

A second-period, power-play goal by former Fayetteville player Austin Daae gave Roanoke a 1-0 lead.

Griffin's goal at 10:35 of the third would be all the Rail Yard Dawgs would need. Brian Bowen's score at 16:06 cut the margin to 2-1, then Roanoke's Josh Nenadal added an empty-net goal with six seconds remaining.

RAIL YARD DAWGS 3, MARKSMEN 1

FAYETTEVILLE;0;0;1;—;1

ROANOKE;0;1;2;—;3

First period — None. Penalties — Roanoke, Riccardi (holding), 2:51, Fayetteville, Melton (holding), 10:30, Roanoke, Nenadal (slashing), 13:17.

Second period — 1, Roanoke, Daae (Wahlin, Jansen), 8:57 (pp). Penalties — Fayetteville, Johnson (slashing), 7:10, Roanoke, Armstrong (roughing), 12:02, Fayetteville, Hayes (roughing), 12:02, Roanoke, Huffnagle (delay of game), 17:27.

Third period — 2, Roanoke, Griffin (Jones, Stubbs), 10:35 (pp), 3, Fayetteville, Bowen (Leigh Anne Sage, Davidson), 16:06, Roanoke, Nenadal (unassisted), 19:54 (en). Penalties — Fayetteville, Hayes (delay of game), 5:37, Fayetteville, Jeke (tripping), 10:30, Fayetteville, Johnson (tripping), 16:27.

Shots on goal — Fayetteville 12-8-7—27, Roanoke 3-7-11—21.

Power-play opportunities — Fayetteville 0 of 3, Roanoke 2 of 5.

Goalies — Fayetteville, Wojtala (20 shots-18 saves), Roanoke, Theut (27 shots-26 saves).

A — 2,213.