Ironmen See Late Lead Slip, Falter In OT

The offense showed up, but it was not enough as the Ironmen fell short in overtime by a count of 16-14 to the home side Detroit Ignition (1-1).

The Irons went up by four points late in the fourth period after they put together a 9-0 run that was capped off by a Shawn Boney two-pointer at the 4:05 mark. The tally brought Boney's career regular season point total to 301.

But the Ironmen defense faltered down the stretch as Detroit scored twice after bringing on a sixth attacker with over 4:00 left in regulation. Detroit's Drew Crawford cut the Ironmen lead to two points at 2:45 and Ryan Mack got the equalizer with 5 ticks left on the clock to make it 14-14.

Mack remained hot in the golden-goal overtime period. The veteran midfielder picked up the game-winner when he finished off a Kyt Selaidopoulus pass at 11:54.

The disappointing loss drops the Ironmen to 0-2 on the season. They will have two weeks to regroup before their next game in Chicago on January 4th.