The Belleville Senators could not halt a third-period charge from the Hartford Wolf Pack as they fell 5-2 at CAA Arena on Saturday night.
Belleville opened the scoring through defenceman Jonathan Aspirot at the 10:45 mark of the first period. Hartford forward Matt Lorito, however, tied the contest on a one-time blast with 24 seconds to play in the frame.
Early in the second, Cole Reinhardt found the back of the net as he beat Keith Kinkaid with a backhander to give the Senators a 2-1 lead at 3:10. The back-and-forth tallying continued throughout the stanza as a seeing-eye shot from Tanner Fritz found its way through to even the score at 2-2 after forty minutes of play.
The Wolf Pack paced their win, scoring three times in the third. Mike O’Leary started the offensive attack, converting on a goalmouth scramble to make it 3-2 before Patrick Khodorenko notched a shorthanded marker. Anthony Greco secured the Hartford victory finding an empty cage with 54 seconds to play.
Sens on Special Teams
Power Play: 0/3 | Penalty Kill: 1/1
