via press release   The Florida Launch killed two birds with one stone versus the Charlotte Hounds on Saturday, July 11 at Memorial Stadium, winning its first overtime game in team history and its first road win of the season. Neither side ever held a significant lead with the largest being a three goal lead and most of the contest stuck in a back and forth affair. With the victory the Launch now sits alone in seventh place in the league with a 4-8 record, while the Hounds fall to 3-9. Lyle Thompson paced the offense with six goals and a pair of assists for his second-consecutive eight point outing. His older brother, Miles Thompson, also ignited the offense matching a career-high five goals. Kieran McArdle rounded out the three-man offensive assault with three goals and two assists for five points. Connor Buczek and Casey Ikeda provided two assists apiece. In the goal Austin Kaut earned his second win in as many starts, saving 13 shots in 61:34 minutes of action. The home side started the scoring, with a pair of goals from Mike Sawyer and Terry Kimener in the second minute of play to quickly put the Launch down 2-0. Brooks was able to cut the deficit in half a minute later, followed by another Launch score after Jovan Miller intercepted a pass and finding McArdle who found Miles Thompson next to the net for the equalizer. Reigning league offensive Player of the Week Lyle Thompson scored his first goal of the afternoon 6:36 into the opening frame to give the visitors there first lead of the game at 3-2. Charlotte tied the game up off a score from former Launch Kevin Cunningham, his second point of the quarter. After three minutes of scoreless action, the Launch retook the lead as McArdle found M. Thompson for his second goal and McArdle’s 100th career point. Following Sawyer’s second goal of the game, Roman Lao-Gosney ended the scoring for the first quarter and put the Launch back up one with a deep unasisted goal 13:38 into the stanza. For the second straight quarter the Hounds scored first, knotting the score 5-5 with a goal from Joey Sankey 0:53 in, followed by another Sawyer score a minute later to put the Launch down one at 6-5. M. Thompson sealed his first Launch hat trick to tie up the game off the pass from Casey Ikeda, but Charlotte retook the lead a minute later off a goal from John Haus. Nearing the midpoint of the quarter, Joe LoCascio found the back of the net to tie the game back up with his first professional goal. Charlotte managed to retake the lead two minutes after LoCascio’s goal off a shot from Kimener. The game saw a tied score for the seventh time late in the half after L. Thompsons second goal made it an 8-8 contest, clinching his hat trick two minutes later with another goal. The following play Christopher Mattes won the face-off and found McArdle for his first goal, giving the Launch its biggest lead of the half with a 10-8 advantage. Charlotte finished the scoring in the half with a goal from Haus, cutting the lead in half. Fresh from the intermission the Hounds scored the opening goal of the quarter, as they had the previous two frames, off a shot from Jake Tripucka. After five minutes of scoreless play the Hounds suffered a delay of game penalty for 30 seconds, enough time for L. Thompson to find McArdle for the go-ahead power play score. The Launch recreated its biggest lead of the first half at two after Buczek found M. Thompson for a goal to make it 12-10 with 4:23 left in the frame. Charlotte responded with a Sawyer goal to make it a one goal game, but L. Thompson capitalized on a power play opportunity to put the Launch back up two at 13-11. In the same minute M. Thompson found the back of the net to put the Launch up three. Charlotte managed to end the quarter only down two as Mike Chanenchuk scored in the final minute of the frame, ending the quarter with a 14-12 lead for the Launch. The Hounds made it a one-goal game with the opening goal of the final frame. McArdle gave the Launch the two-point cushion with a score 6:34 into the final frame.  Charlotte muscled a tied game at 15-15 after goals from Tripucka and Cunningham with seven minutes left in regulation. L. Thompson continued his dominance over Charlotte with his fifth goal of the game to put the Launch back up one with 4:53 left to play. With nine seconds left in regulation the Hounds scored the equalizer to force overtime. Overtime did not last long, as L. Thompson scored the game ending goal in the second minute of extra play. Still not out of the postseason, the Launch travel to Denver for its final road game of the season on Sunday, July 19 followed by finishing up the 2015 at home on Saturday, July 25 at 7:00 p.m. Click here to purchase tickets or call (561) 923-9067.