By james art 
The Pensacola Ice Flyers’ early-season struggles continued Saturday night, falling to the visiting Birmingham Bulls 5-2 in front of a crowd of 4,602 at the Pensacola Bay Center on Little Dog Race Night.
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Here’s a quick rundown of how the game unfolded:
1st period
Cameron Cook opened the scoring for the Ice Flyers with an assist from Matt Wisner with 9:25 on the clock.
The Bulls quickly responded with a goal by Kyler Matthews, assisted by Drake Glover and Carson Rose, with 7:37 left in Game 1.
2nd period
Carson Rose led the way for the Bulls early in the second half with an unassisted goal with 16:59 on the clock.
Rose found the back of the net again with an assist from Nikita Koizrev shortly after to extend the Bulls’ lead to 3-1.
McGregor Sinclair cut the Bulls’ lead to 4-1 on an assist from Arkhip Ledzianku with 3:03 left in the period.
3rd period
Matt Wisner added a boost to the Ice Flyers with a goal, assisted by Tim Faulkner and Shane Bull four minutes into the period, making it 2-4.
Kolten Olinek hit an empty netter with 41 seconds left to give the Bulls a 5-2 victory.
What’s next?
- Next game: Friday, Nov. 1 at Roanoke
- Next home game: Friday, November 8.
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