TRADE-MART DUNDEE STARS 4 GUILDFORD FLAMES 3 OT
On Saturday night, The Trade-Mart Dundee Stars came back from 3-1 down in the third period to force Guildford Flames into overtime, before claiming the extra point with a powerplay goal and extended their point streak to three games.
By Kris Smith
Samuel Talbot had fired the visitors into the lead on seven minutes before Keanu Yamamoto tipped home an equaliser just over a minute later.
Although, the Flames would regain the lead inside 13 minutes as Joshua Waller turned the puck past Richard Sabol and that left Paul Dixon’s side ahead after the first period.
The first penalty of the night then came in the first minute of the second period as Waller was called for boarding but the Taysiders were unable to draw level with the temporary man advantage.
In fact there would be no scoring in the middle stanza, despite Guildford having three powerplay opportunities but in the third period, Brett Welychka made it 3-1 to the Surrey outfit in the 47th minute, as he shot straight after the face-off.
However, Marc LeFebvre’s men conjured up a quick response as Brendan Harms fired the puck under the arm of Jake Kupsky in the Guildford goal, just two minutes after the restart.
The Stars then equalised 54 seconds later as Yamamoto tapped home the rebound from Philippe Sanche’s saved effort and with exactly 11 minutes left on the clock, both teams were cautious not to lose the game in the final moments.
Neither side would find a late winner and the game went into five minutes of three-on-three overtime, although there would be only 15 seconds of three-on-three hockey as just 15 seconds in, Yamamoto would be called for hooking.
The Flames could not take advantage of the extra skater and then drew a penalty themselves as Travis Brown was boxed for holding, which on the ensuing powerplay, allowed Zach Tsekos to turn home the winner on the 63-minute mark and win the extra point for Dundee.
Man of the Match
Dundee: #20 Keanu Yamamoto
Guildford: #94 Brett Welychka
Goals
1st:
0-1 Samuel Talbot (Ethan Strang, Brett Welychka) 07:28
1-1 Keanu Yamamoto (Brett Gravelle) 08:49
1-2 Joshua Waller (Lewis Hook) 12:37
2nd:
3rd:
1-3 Brett Welychka (Daniel Tedesco) 46:08
2-3 Brendan Harms (Spencer Naas) 48:06
3-3 Keanu Yamamoto (Philippe Sanche, Brett Gravelle) 49:00
OT:
4-3 Zach Tsekos (Drydn Dow, Spencer Naas) 63:00 PPG
All images: Derek Black.
