Jarventie and Sogaard lead Belleville Sens past Bears

Roby Jarventie delivered the game-winner with 57 seconds left in overtime as the Belleville Senators defeated the Hershey Bears 3-2 on Friday night at CAA Arena.

Belleville opened the scoring through defenceman Jonathan Aspirot who marked his return to the lineup after a four-game absence due to injury by blasting home his second season on the power play at 10:27 of the first period. Hershey forward Michael Sgarbossa tied the contest on the man advantage with 7:27 remaining in the frame. 

Early in the second period, Aliaksei Protas gave the Bears their first lead of the contest, 1:27, into the frame. The Senators evened the score just past the mid-way point of the stanza when Egor Sokolov connected on a pass from Jake Lucchini as once again the two-sides headed to the intermission tied.

A tightly contested third period saw the game head to extra time as neither team could pull ahead in regulation. After the Senators began overtime with a vital penalty kill, Belleville turned to rookie forward Jarventie, who scored the winner with a quick snapshot from the slot.Â