Indians drop the first game against Carsheild at the Dixon Cup

Friday opening game at the Dixon Cup in Dallas Texas matched the Indians at the #14 ranked Carsheild out of St. Louis Missouri.  In the first period Carsheild capitalized on miscue on the power play for the Indians to go up 1-0 and carried the lead thru the midway point of the game. Late in the second Carshield scored their second short handed goal of the game for a 2-0 lead at the end of the second period.  Carsheild added two more goals before Robbie Zimmerman broke in on the net beating their netminder to get the Indians on the board, then less than a minute later Bryce Grandbois brought the puck of the boards on a cycle beating their goalie over the shoulder, bring the Indians back within two.  Drew Miotke and Colin Goff assisted on the goal.  In the remaining minutes the Indians pushed hard to close the gap however with 44 seconds remaining Carsheild cleared the puck the length of the ice hit the empty net to solidify the 5-2 win.  Logan Raffaele was in the net for the Indians.

Next action for the Indians will be at 815 pm CST Friday night when they will take on the Northwest Stars.

All games are being broadcast on HockeyTV.