SteelHounds’ loss sets road record

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — The Mississippi RiverKings completed the sweep of the SteelHounds with a 6-4 win on Saturday night.

The SteelHounds have lost a franchise record six-straight road games.

Ryan Campbell scored an unassisted shorthanded goal at 5:30 of the first period to give the Kings a 1-0 lead.

Chris Richards tied it up with a power play goal at 6:29. At 8:08, defenseman Jeff Alcombrack tried to clear the puck out of his zone but it bounced off of Campbell and past Andy Franck to give the RiverKings a 2-1 lead.

Eric Przepiorka scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season at 16:38 to make it 2-2 after the first period.

Chad Woollard and Brian Mullally scored at 9:01 and 10:13 respectively to give the RiverKings a 4-2 lead after two periods.

Jason Weitzel put the RiverKings up for good as he scored nine seconds into the third period to make it 5-2. Kevin Jarman made it 5-3 with 14:23 to play but Woollard slammed that door shut with his second goal of the night just 2:19 later.

Kirill Starkov scored at 17:24 to finish the scoring as the SteelHounds fell to the Kings by a score of 6-4.

Youngstown is 14-9-1 on the road and 20-11-2 (42 points) overall. They are just one point ahead of Mississippi for second place in the Northeast Division. The Kings are 20-12-1 (41 points). Both teams are now 4-4-0 against each other.

The SteelHounds will return home for a six-game homestand starting Friday against the first place Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs at 7:05 p.m.