The ending of Friday night’s Columbus Cottonmouths victory will make the season’s highlight reel.

Clips from the Snakes’ 4-3 loss to the Louisiana IceGators will end up on the cutting room floor.

The SPHL cellar dwellers came into town with a road record of 1-11-0. The Gators won only 9 games overall and were last in the penalty kill and sixth on the power play.

Louisiana has been a team in turmoil this season. The IceGators are on their fourth head coach and have only one player who has appeared in all 28 games. But Louisiana came to Columbus on a mission. Arriving in town on Friday, the Gators attended the Snakes-Mississippi game and hit the ice with a vengeance from the opening faceoff.


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