ROANOKE, Va. — The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs defeated the Fayetteville Marksmen 6-1 on Friday night at Berglund Center, powered by a record-setting performance from Joe Widmar.
Widmar recorded three assists to reach 73 points on the season, breaking the franchise single-season record previously held by Nick Ford.
Noah Finstrom opened the scoring at 2:07 of the first period off assists from Travis Broughman and Gustav Müller. Khristian Acosta added his fourth goal of the season later in the period, giving Roanoke a 2-0 lead.
Roanoke outshot Fayetteville 17-5 in the opening period.
John Moncovich scored 18 seconds into the second period to cut the deficit to 2-1, but Roanoke responded with four unanswered goals.
Broughman scored twice in an 11-minute span to extend the lead to 4-1. His second goal, assisted by Widmar and Matt O’Dea, tied Widmar with Ford’s record.
Widmar broke the record 55 seconds later, assisting on a one-timer by Dominiks Marcinkevics to make it 5-1.
Marcinkevics added another goal in the third period to cap the scoring.
Austyn Roudebush made his 224th career appearance in net, tying the SPHL record for most games played by a goaltender. Roanoke limited Fayetteville to 23 shots.