Hartford, CT – The Springfield Thunderbirds (26-19-2-4) fought harshly during a backward matter before falling into a 4-3 shooting against Hartford Wolf Pack (22-25-5-1) on Friday night inside Center XL.
Despite being the final game of the series of the season, the two clubs played a timid first period, combining only eight shots on the net, giving rise to a minimum work for Colten Ellis and Louis Domingue in the first 20 minutes.
Nikita Alexandrov, hot red, had the best punctuation opportunity for T-Birds in the opening period when he encountered his fist on the slot area, but Domingue struck his blocked arm in the air to deny the opportunity.
The power game of none of the teams could not generate much as the second period advanced, but each team found the score sheet strongly. The T-Birds removed the first blood when Sam Bitten caused a turnover with a deep blow to the offensive area.
Tanner Dickinson started on the loose shit and drove a scratch Samuel Johannesson on the central lane, where the Blueliner whistled a Domingue glove wrist and towards the thread to make him 1-0 at 9:11.
While Springfield continued to limit shooting attempts to hold Hartford to eight total shots in 40 minutes, the Wolf Pack still found a way to equal.
Dylan ROOBROECK was searched at the top of the left circle and made available for a Brett Budgell pass, and the Towering Rookie Carterman did so through Ellis at 16:06, drawing the game, 1-1, heading to the final period.
Alexandrov thought that he had given Springfield a 2-1 lead in the third minute opening, but a reproduction review determined that he had kicked the goal line of a focus of Alek Kaskimaki, and the score 1-1 remained.
Less than three minutes later, the Wolf Pack jumped to the first leadership of the night, while Jaroslav Chmelar cleaned a rebound to the right of Ellis, cutting it on the line to make it 2-1 for the house at 3:05 in the final period.
Domingue put his team in Shortthand moments later when he left his network to defend a possible break against Otto Stenberg, but launched his stick in the process. In the following advantage, Matthew Peca triggered a timer of a configuration on the back of Alexandrov to tie the score, 2-2, at 6:31.
Paca has now registered goals in five consecutive games, one of the records of the T-Birds team and has been within one of its highs of 23 in a season.
When the teams exchanged shots in the later half of the third, a little good fortune followed the former defender of Hartford Hunter Skinner, who shot a shot that looked at a defender and surprised Domingue, a restaurant in Springfield’s leadership at 13:05.
The 3-2 advantage was shown short, as Anton Blidh got a 2-on-1 of blue painting, created by Chad Ruhwedel, at 13:45, bringing the game to a 3-3 draw and forcing overtime to the series of the season.
Hartford registered the only traits to the goal in the additional period, and Ellis remained high with three denials in Brett Berard, including a break in the second closing of action 3-on-3.
The nature of the receding night continued to the shooting. Alex Belzile directed the festivities by overlooking Ellis on the glove in the first round. After the next two shooters of the two teams came out empty, Matt Luff corresponds to live in Springfield, and handed over a decline around a domestic domain to force additional shooters.
For the next three rounds, Ellis prevented the Wolf Pack from finding the network, but with the opportunity to win the game, Dalibor Dverksky, Hugh McGing and Alexandrov could not solve the Hartford netminder.
Finally, in the seventh round, Blake Hillman maneuver to his hand and raised a shot on Ellis. When Johannesson failed to resolve Domingue in the next attempt, Hartford survived the additional point.
The T-Birds continue their five-game swing on Saturday night, when Visit Providence Bruins at the Amicica Mutual Pavilion for a 19:05 pm drop.