NORTH SAANICH B次元官网网址� The Peninsula Panthers knocked off the Kerry Park Islanders in overtime last Friday night at the Panorama Recreation Centre B次元官网网址� the first time the North Saanich squad has done so over the last two seasons.
It took one minute into overtime for Marshall Brown to find the back of the net behind IslandersB次元官网网址� goaltender Chase Anderson to give the local B次元官网网址淐atsB次元官网网址� a heart-pounding 5-4 win. It was a goal that the Club had been looking to score for the past two seasons.
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B次元官网网址淚t was nice to get the win for the sake of the win but also because we are in an absolute dogfight with five other teams in the standings. The league has so much parity this season B次元官网网址� itB次元官网网址檚 crazy. IB次元官网网址檝e never seen anything like it in 20 years.B次元官网网址�
The Panthers went down 3-1 midway through the second stanza but battled back to get it to 3-2 when 40 minutes were in the books. And they took a 4-3 lead with under five minutes to go. It looked like they were going to seal the win but with only 22 ticks left on the clock, IslandersB次元官网网址� forward Kayden Peck ripped a seeing-eye shot over the shoulder of PanthersB次元官网网址� starter Bryce Schiebel to knot the score at 4-4 and send it to the extra frame.
One minute into the overtime period, PanthersB次元官网网址� defenceman Thomas Spink struggled to find the handle on the puck in the neutral zone but was able to move it up the left side to the PanthersB次元官网网址� leading scorer Josh Lingard. Lingard dashed into the IslandersB次元官网网址� zone, pulled the lone defender to him and then slipped the puck over to Brown, who was also streaking to the net. Anderson came sliding over but Brown waited and then ripped a shot to the top of the yawning cage for the overtime winner.
Schiebel picked up the win, blocking 34 of 38 shots. Matt Lawrence scored twice with singles going to Brendan Martin, Lingard and Brown. Lawrence, Lingard and Brown were named as the gameB次元官网网址檚 three stars.
The Panthers were hosting the Oceanside Generals on Monday night as the PNR was going to press. They will be back home at the Panorama this Friday when they host the Westshore Wolves for a 7:30 p.m. start.
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