Every now and then, we all have a bad night.  The Indy Fuel encountered such a night Saturday, losing for a second straight night to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, 5-2.  The score makes it look better for the Fuel than the contest was, with Indy scoring 2 quick goals in the final minute.

It took exactly 43 seconds for the Swamp Rabbits to score their first goal of the game, with Carter Savoie notching the score.  It took about 3 minutes for Tate Singleton to score, the first of his 3-goal hat trick, his second in two nights.  That had the score at 2-0 in the first period.

Bryce Brodzinski put the third goal on the scoreboard for Greenville, giving the visiting team a 3-0 lead to end Period 1.

The second period found plenty of fisticuffs and penalties, but no scoring.  This is one of the few hockey games I have covered where I literally lost track of all the penalties called by the officiating crew.  That is a reflection on how physical the play was for both teams, with pushing and fighting a regular occurrence

Singleton tallied two goals in the third period, nailing down the hat trick.  The score was 5-0 with less than a minute to go and it appeared Greenville was on the way to a shutout win.  Then the Fuel found the back of the net twice in the closing seconds, as Nick Grima and Nathan Burke broke the shutout, making the final score a bit more respectful for the home team.

It was Blackhawks night and there was a sellout crowd at the Fishers Event Center of 6.633.

The Fuel travel to Fort Wayne Sunday for a 5pm start time.  They return home Friday, February 7, facing the Wheeling Nailers.  The Friday matchup is the first of a 5-game homestand as the Fuel try to turn things around in a season just more than half over.