PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Fayetteville Marksmen, proud members of the SPHL, fell 4-0 to the Pensacola Ice Flyers on Friday night.

Blake Wells cashed in a rebound 7:41 into the first, making it 1-0 Ice Flyers, with Matt Wiesner and Andrew Poulias picking up the helpers. Tyler German put Pensacola up 2-0 at 15:22 into the period, rounding out the scoring in the opening frame.

German intercepted a pass in the Fayetteville zone, making it 3-0 with a shorthanded tally 7:53 into the middle frame, for his second of the contest and the lone goal of the period.

Nicholas Aromatario found a lane through a screen right off of a faceoff at 4:24 into the final frame, making it 4-0, set up by Andrew Poulias and Tyler Burnie to close out the scoring in the contest.

Mason Beaupit stopped 32-of-36 shots in the Marksmen effort and Rico DiMatteo stopped 34-of-34.

Pensacola and Fayetteville will square off again tomorrow night, with puck drop from the Pensacola Bay Center being set for 7:05 p.m. CST.

Fayetteville returns to home action on Nov. 26, against the Birmingham Bulls for Blackout Wednesday. Tickets can be purchased at: https://marksmenhockey.com/tickets/single-game/