Florida Everblades Game 5: Regrouping

After an unexpected loss in game 4 last night, The Florida Everblades are looking to regroup in game 5 against the Orlando Solar Bears. The Everblades dug themselves into a hole early on in the first by not only scoring an own goal, but allowing Orlando to score soon after it to make it 2-0.

"At the start I think they came ready to go from puck drop," said Everblades forward Todd Skirving. "This deep into the series it's hard to put away a team but I thought they came out tonight better than we did; obviously that showed early on."

Ultimately by capitalizing off this momentum given to them in the first, the Solar Bears were able to maintain and control the pace of the game which weakened the Everblades defense from the start.

"Getting that lead was key tonight... they defend really hard and it's tough to {kind of} attack when you're behind," said Solar Bears Head Coach Matt Carkner in a post-game interview with Alex Walker.

Despite the Solar Bears forcing game 5, Skirving was focused on what was next to get the job done on Saturday:

While game 4 was a minor set-back, the Everblades still have three games under their belt and game 5 can either be another lesson to learn from or an opportunity to close the series out.

The Everblades plan on learning from their mistakes by "regrouping tomorrow and looking at video," said Skirving. "I don't think there's any quit in our group."

This is the time where trust comes into play and co-exists with evaluating how to regain what was lost in game 4.

Puck drop for game 5 will be at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night at the Kia Center! Tune in to ESPNSWFL radio to listen.

If this Mother's Day, you decide to forgo the usual flowers or dinner with Mom and get her scratchers, how do you know the best Florida Lottery Tickets to get her? As usual, we're here to help. But remember, Mother's Day isn't just about a present, even if that present scores her piles of cash. You really have to do more.

We packaged up some very unique ideas for Mother's Day presents and put them all here. These could be stand alone gifts, or paired with something more.

Obviously the restaurants are going to be jammed, so maybe you're looking for some other things you can do together. Never fear, that list is right here.

Yes, flowers are thoughtful and a pretty strong go-to when it comes to Mother's Day. But if there's a pet in the house you need to be careful in which flowers you choose. Let's not have "Mother's Day" associated with the time you poisoned her cat. Take a look at the flowers to avoid here.

I think we've covered all the bases, so let's get down to why you're here. The plan is to get Mom some winning Florida Lottery tickets. The first stat we'll look at is where to buy. Publix. Pretty simple. Data shows that Publix leads all retailers in winning tickets sold.

You can also pick up some flowers while you're there, one stop, bam. You're set. you'll soon be sending Mom off to the club to make it rain.

We're trying to get Mom some winners, so we go to the Florida Lottery website for data. There are 3 games that haven't had any big winners hit yet, so I'm thinking they're due. All the big winners are out there, so your Mom should get the first. Here are my picks for Best Florida Lottery tickets to play this Mother's Day. Finally, don't burn your rent money playing lottery tickets, remember to always play responsibly.

This $20 card promises 4 winners will take home a 10 million dollar grand prize. 19 of the 20 1 million dollar prizes remain, someone from Port St. Lucie won a million on this ticket and cashed it in on April 30th. It's a big card with lots of scratching and some bonus squares that could be hiding a winner. This could be a good one to get her.

We can't overlook the strong Hispanic population in Southwest Florida, so check out this $5 card. 22 people have cashed in $10,000 winning tickets, but no one has claimed the million dollar prize, yet. And there's 6 of them out there. The best part of this game is that it's going to take while for Mom to play. All for $5. 

There's 5 different versions of this ticket, ranging from $1 up to $50. And only one of them has not hit big, yet. This one. Show Mom you care with a $50 lottery ticket. 30 people have already claimed a million off this one including 2 million dollar winners in Naples. There are 2 $25 million dollar tickets out there. Good luck. 

Every Florida Lottery ticket has the potential to win something. But some tickets have all their big winners gone. Those tickets include Seven Figures, 1MM Triple Match, $25K A Year For Life, $20 Monopoly Doubler, and $2 Monopoly Doubler, You can still play any of these games, just know that there's no way you're gonna hit it big.