Everett Clark scored the game-winner as the Icemen defeated Norfolk Monday in a shootout.

Two Jacksonville Icemen had tried. Two had failed.

To break through in a game-deciding shootout against Norfolk goaltender Brad Barone, Icemen forward Everett Clark knew he needed the perfect move.

"You always have a move in your head before you start," Clark said. "So I had my move picked, and I just try to read off the goalie and see what they give you."

Clark went one way, Barone went the other, the puck rocketed into the back of the net and the Icemen snapped a short-lived losing skid on an afternoon Veterans Day special, beating the division-leading Norfolk Admirals 3-2 via shootout at the Veterans Memorial Arena.

The second-year winger scored the only goal of the three-round shootout and Jacksonville goaltender Mikhail Berdin blocked all three attempts from Norfolk (8-4-0-1) to nail down a key win over the ECHL South Division leaders.

Maybe the most important thing about the Icemen's opponent Monday? They weren't named the Florida Everblades.

The Icemen (8-4-0-0) - 1-3 on the year against the Everblades, 7-1 against everybody else - snapped a two-game losing streak incurred during a rough weekend in South Florida.

The game marked a bounce-back for Berdin, too.

The 20-year-old had been pulled after yielding five goals on 10 shots in Saturday's loss to the Florida Everblades, but he responded Monday with a string of acrobatic stops in regulation and saves against Ben Duffy, Domenic Alberga and finally Taylor Cammarata in the three-round shootout.

"He helped us win that game big-time today," head coach Jason Christie said.

The teams went to the shootout after Norfolk's T.J. Melancon tied the score 2-2 at 12:47 of the third period, slicing through the Jacksonville defense and scoring from close range.

Jacksonville center Wacey Rabbit netted his seventh goal at 16:59 of the first period, finishing from close range after assists by Cam Maclise and Jacob Cederholm, tying the score after Ben Duffy put the Admirals up early.

Clark, the star of the shootout, also helped create a second-period goal on the power play. Taking a pass from Kris Newbury just outside the crease, Clark sent it back for Dajon Mingo to blast home from the left circle.

Last year, the Icemen's power play unit converted a league-worst 9.1 percent of its opportunities with the extra man. In year two, they've lit the goal lamp again and again, scoring 20.9 percent of the time. Only Utah, Adirondack and Atlanta have fared better.

"We're just keeping it more simple, getting pucks to the net," Clark said.

The game drew 3,651 fans, an expected drop from Thursday's Northeast Florida record crowd of 10,093, which was part of a special school day promotion for a 4-1 morning win over the South Carolina Stingrays.

The Icemen won't be through with the Everblades for long. They meet the Florida foes again 7 p.m. Wednesday at the arena. The Icemen, who play 14 of their first 19 in town, have lost just once this season when on home ice.

"It's so important," Christie said. "Playing at home here, we've got to keep it rolling."