DEVILS SCORE FIVE GOALS IN THURD PERIOD TO STEAL THE WIN FROM THE DUNDEE STARS.
FIRST PERIOD – The Devils powerplay had an early chance to get things going, but it was the Dundee Stars who opened the scoring at 3:30 with a short-handed goal from Elgin Pearce. Mark Richardson tied the game less than 2 minutes later with a wrist shot through traffic from the blueline that beat Alex Leclerc at 5:10 to make it 1-1.
Pictured Below: Richardson and Fournier celebrate the Devils opening goal
SECOND PERIOD – Just one minute into the middle frame the Stars were back in front with Drydn Dow beating Ben Bowns then Elgin Pearce extended the lead for the visitors at 28:00 with a breakaway goal after a line change for the Devils.
The Devils powerplay pulled one back with Joey Martin setting up Sean McMonagle for a blast from the point to make it 3-2 at 28:37. Just over a minute later McMonagle sent Matias Sointu in on a breakaway and he buried it through Leclerc to tie the game up at 29:51.
Pictured Below: Sointu celebrates his goal with Marjamaki
The Stars took over in the final 5 minutes of the second period with two quick goals. At 36:30 another breakaway and another goal for the Stars, this time from Kevin Dufour put them up 4-3. Then at 37:57 a powerplay goal from Justin Maylan put them in front 5-3, which is how the period ended.
THIRD PERIOD – The Devils clawed back with two goals, both from Matt Pope to tie the game up. The first was a blast through a sea of bodies at 44:13 then after a scramble in front of the net, Pope hammered home the tying goal at 48:06 to make it 5-5 with 12 minutes to play. The goal was in question, but after a lengthy video review, the goal stood.
Pictured Below: Joey Haddad holds off a Dundee defender
The Stars took back the lead at 49:23 when Dow scored his second goal of the night, but 40 seconds later Gleason Fournier fired a wrist shot from the blueline that found the back of the net to tie the game up again at 50:02.
The Devils finally took the lead at 52:29 when some impressive forechecking led to Blair Riley finding Stephen Dixon in front of the net to tip the puck through the legs of Leclerc and put the Devils up 7-6 at 52:29.
Pictured Below: Stephen Dixon scored the game-winning goal
The Stars had their chances to tie the game with back to back powerplays to finish the period out, first Reddick was called for holding the stick, then Riley was called for slashing, but with the Dundee net empty and the Stars skating 6 on 4, Matthew Myers cleared the puck the length of the ice into the empty net to seal the win 8-6.
Photo Credit: Helen Brabon & David Williams
