Belleville, Ont. – Finishing up their Canadian road swing, the Bridgeport Islanders took to the ice against the Belleville Senators on Sunday afternoon. The Islanders, winners of back-to-back games, were determined to continue their winning ways against the top affiliate of the Ottawa Senators before heading home for a game on Wednesday night. With the game tied in the third period, they entered overtime where Cole McWard was the hero winning the game in a 4-3 decision.
In the opening period, Liam Foudy supplied the first goal of the game on breakaway at 11:14 beating Jackson Parsons high blocker side for a 1-0 lead.
The Isles extended their lead with a goal on a two-man advantage after the shot by Matthew Maggio was stopped by Parsons, Matthew Highmore just kept pushing and slid the puck into the net at :39 seconds into the period. Later, a short-handed goal was struck by Belleville at 1:45 by Jan Jenik slicing the Islanders lead to 2-1. Highmore setup another goal for the Isles when he passed it to the stick of defenseman Cole McWard at 6:32. McWard’s goal gave Bridgeport a 3-1 lead. The Sens answered back with another goal, and it was Arthur Kaliyev at 11:36 making it a 3-2 game.
During the final period of regulation, Lassi Thomson tied the game on the powerplay at 17:19 bringing the contest to 3-3.
In overtime, McWarded scored the game winner tipping the puck into the Senators cage bringing his team to a 4-3 victory and their third straight win.