Ford’s Reaches 200

Ford’s Reaches 200 as Sentinels Strike Back

ATHENS, GA. - The Athens Rock Lobsters were defeated by the Indiana Sentinels 4-3 on Star Wars Night on Saturday, closing out the home slate for the regular season at Akins Ford Arena.

The Sentinels took their first lead of the Lobsters this season exactly seven minutes into the first period, through Zachary Ross’ one timer past Matt Sayles.

Gus Ford answered back with a history making goal seven minutes later. His shot from distance found a path through John Werber for the veteran’s 200th goal of his FPHL career. He becomes just the sixth player in FPHL history to accomplish the feat.

Kristers Bormanis logged the first multi-goal of his career with two in the second period, sandwiching a Gus Ford goal in between. Outscoring Athens 2-1 in the middle frame, the Sentinels took a 3-2 lead into the final 20 minutes of regulation.

Indiana added on with a power-play goal through Donovan Powell in the third period, the first in the professional career of the collegiate signing out of Buffalo State.

The Lobsters pulled Sayles from the net and scratched one back through Eric Neiley to make it 4-3, but the extra-attacker goal wasn’t something the hosts could duplicate. 

A brawl erupted at the final whistle after frustrations boiled over, and Athens now heads into a crucial weekend on the road to end the regular season.

The Rock Lobsters (34-11-7-1, 119 pts) travel to the Monroe Civic Center to take on the Moccasins with the top spot in the Continental Division still up for grabs. Puck drops on the Friday-night contest at 8:05 p.m. EST.