Belleville Sens earn shootout win over Rochester Americans

Rourke Chartier notched the eventual shootout winner as the Belleville Senators defeated the Rochester Americans 3-2 on Saturday night at CAA Arena.

After a scoreless first period, the Amerks opened the scoring early in the middle frame when Brendan Warren tallied 18 seconds into the stanza on a partial breakaway. Belleville was able to equalize later in the period after Lassi Thomson evened the contest with his third of the season at 10:05.

In the third, Rochester retook the lead after Aleksandr Kisakov found the back of the net at the 5:54 mark. However the Senators showed thier resolve once again as Kristians Rubins tied score forcing extra time with under five minutes left to play in regulation time.