MELBOURNE – Charles Adams found the back of the net twice and Ryan Annesley tallied 2 points as the Sydney Bears defeated the Melbourne Ice 3-2 at the O’Brien Group Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Adams scored his first goal at 14.42 of the third period, with Ryan Annesley and Michael Burns picking up the assists. Adams scored his second goal at 8.19 of the third period unassisted.
Ryan Annesley scored the game winning goal at 2.24 of the 3rd, assisted by Michael Burns.
Dillon Lawrence scored 1 goal and got 1 assist for the Ice, and Nate Fleming scored a goal.
Anthony Kimlin was the winning goalie for Sydney Bears, making 30 saves on 32 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.938. Michael James was the losing goalie for Melbourne Ice, making 26 saves on 29 shots, for a Save Percentage of 0.897. James left the game at 16.19 of the 3rd period for an extra attacker, but the Ice were unable to score with the extra player.