When the Indy Fuel were down 4-1 in the third period, things were looking grim for the home team.  However, the Fuel put 2 goals into the net later in the final period and were down only 1 goal late in period 3.

In the end, the Fuel could not overcome the Greenville Swamp Rabbit’s Tate Singleton, scoring a hat trick, his third goal coming early in period 3.  When the score was 4-3, in favor of Greenville, with under a minute remaining in Period 3, The Fuel pulled goaltender Ben Gaudreau but it was not enough.  4-3 was the final score with the Fuel on the short end.

Bryan Lemos notched a short-handed goal in Period 1 for the first Fuel scoring.  But Singleton scored his first goal in the first stanza for Greenville, along with a goal from Colton Young.  At the end of the first period Greenville held a 2-1 lead.

Singleton’s second goal came in Period 2, extending the Swamp Rabbits’ lead to 3-1. 

The Fuel faced a major challenge in Period 3 when penalties gave Greenville a 5-3 player advantage, but the Fuel successfully killed it off. 

There were plenty of penalties on both sides as tempers began to flare more as the contest moved along.  The crowd of more than 6.000 walked away disappointed on Wrestling Night.  But the Fuel did come back late in the contest to make a game of it. 

These same two teams will face each other again Saturday night, again at the Fishers Event Center, 7pm, for Blackhawks night.