Story Created: Dec 5, 2014 at 4:17 PM EST <\/p>\n
Story Updated: Dec 7, 2014 at 1:10 AM EST <\/p>\n
SANANTONIO, TX - The Utica Comets slipped by the San Antono Rampage in 5-4 overtime win Friday at the AT&T Center for their third consecutive win against their Texan foes. The Comets secured a total of five out of six points on their three-game road trip in the south. <\/p>\n
The first star of the game, Dustin Jeffrey saw his best game of the season yet with one goal and three assists for a total of four points. Cal OReilly (0-3-3) and Alex Biega (1-1-2) also helped push the Comets towards tiheir sixteenth victory of the season. Goaltender Joacim Eriksson saved 33 on 37 shots in his third consecutive start for the club. <\/p>\n
The Comets found the first goal of the game at the tail end of the first period at 15:04. Roughly thirty seconds after defenseman Shane OBrien took a cross checking penalty, Cal OReilly battled along the boards to keep the Comets on the attack. Once the puck popped away from the boards, Dustin Jeffrey swept the puck away and fed it across for Alexandre Grenier who quickly buried the puck for past Dan Ellis for power-play goal and the 1-0 lead. <\/p>\n
The second period had no shortage of goals, with a combined total of five scored. <\/p>\n
Utica quickly found their second of the night just 1:04 into the second stanza after a Biega slapshot from the point that slipped through Ellis legs. Ronalds Kenins met with Ellis at the net and knocked in the rolling puck to insure the goal that gave Utica the 2-0 lead. Jeffrey was credited with the secondary assist. <\/p>\n
Even after sending Quinten Howden to the box for tripping the Rampage still found their first goal of the night short handed about a minute and a half after the Comets second goal. After a pass was broken up in the Comets offensive zone, Brett Olsen raced ahead for the breakaway and slipped a rolling puck through Erikssons legs to make it 2-1. <\/p>\n
Bobby Sanguinetti found the Comets third goal of the night at 7:40 on the power play after rifling one through Ellis from the right point to make the score 3-1. Jeffrey and OReilly received the secondary assists on the play. <\/p>\n
San Antonio took a liking to being shorthanded as they found their second of the night while they were killing off another penalty. At 12:52 Conner Brickley popped the puck out the left dot from opposite corner to Steven Kampfer. Kampfer slapped one home past Eriksson to make it 3-2 on the short-handed goal to chip away at the Comets lead once again. Drew Shore also received an assist on the play. <\/p>\n
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