Providence, RI. — The Comets drove into Providence riding a season high twelve game point streak on Friday night to battle the Providence Bruins. While the Comets were sporting a four-game win streak, the Bruins last game was a loss against the Comets the previous weekend. But, as all good things must come to an end, the Comets ended the game with a loss, thus, their 12 game point streak ended with the 3-2 loss to the Bruins.
In the opening period, the Bruins struck first and it was Jakub Lauko who skated in on Nico Daws and wristed a shot that beat the netminder at 14:59 to give Providence a 1-0 lead.
In the second period, the Comets tied the contest, and it was a shot by Tyce Thompson that beat the Bruins goalie Brandon Bussi at 15:33. The goal was unassisted, and it was Thompson’s seventh of the season. As the period expired, the Comets believed they scored a power-play goal from Reilly Walsh but after review, the period concluded just as the puck crossed the line, so the game remained 1-1 after forty minutes of play.
In the final period of regulation, the Bruins capitalized on a center ice shot that bounced in by a flip off the stick of Marc McLaughlin at 2:27. It didn’t take long for Providence to add to their advantage after Justin Brazeau tipped the pass of Jack Achan into the net at 3:18 putting his team up 3-1. The Comets pushed right back and it was the team’s leading scorer, Graeme Clarke who scored off a rebound at 8:48 for this 14th of the season. The goal, assisted by Jeremy Groleau and Nolan Stevens brough the Comets within one in a 3-2 game. Despite the goalie being pulled, the Comets couldn’t find a goal to tie the contest and the team suffered their first regulation defeat in 12 games.
