The Green Bay Gamblers couldn’t slow Sioux Falls on the road Saturday night, falling 6-3 to the Stampede as second-half inconsistencies continued to surface.
Special teams set the tone early, with Sioux Falls striking twice on the power play in the opening period to grab a 2-0 lead. Green Bay responded in the second when Katz buried a power-play goal, assisted by Carcone and Wooten, but the Stampede answered again before the break to restore the two-goal cushion.
The Gamblers showed some push early in the third. Samuelsson and Sokol scored 51 seconds apart to briefly pull Green Bay within one and inject life into the game. That momentum was short-lived, as Sioux Falls regrouped and scored twice more, including an empty-netter late, to close it out.
Green Bay finished 1-for-4 on the power play while Sioux Falls capitalized twice with the man advantage. Henriquez faced heavy pressure in net, stopping 32 shots in the loss.
The Gamblers continue to search for consistency as the second half of the season rolls on, looking to clean up penalties and defensive lapses moving forward.
