Columbus Cottonmouths

Snakes win second game of season, 3-2 over Knoxville

The Columbus Cottonmouths picked up their second victory of the season Saturday night, 3-­2 over Knoxville.

Craig Sumchuck got the Snakes on the board at 10:08 of the first period.

Knoxville tied the game at 10:20 of the second period on a goal from Zack LaRue.

Columbus scored the next two goals only 32 seconds apart. Tyler Henry scored at 15:24,then Shawn Bates scored at 15:56.

Brad Pawlowski scored for Knoxville at 17:24.

Neither team scored in the third period.

Brandon Jaeger stopped 33 of 35 shots to earn the win in goal for Columbus.

Columbus (2-5-3) has seven points but still sits in last place in the SPHL, two points behind Macon.

Columbus hosts Knoxville on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

This story was originally published November 22, 2015 at 6:47 PM with the headline "Snakes win second game of season, 3-2 over Knoxville ."

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