Justin Sourdif played the hero on Friday night, netting the overtime winner to get the Checkers back in the win column with a 3-2 defeat of Utica.
Just 18 seconds into the extra frame, Sourdif carried the puck in on an odd-man rush and wired a wrister into the top corner to put an end to the contest.
The Checkers pushed ahead after a scoreless first, as the veteran duo of Zac Dalpe and Riley Nash each lit the lamp to claim the home side a 2-0 lead. That wouldn’t survive the remainder of regulation, though, as the Comets pushed in a pair of their own just minutes apart in the third to draw the score back even and put the game on track for overtime.
Despite the hiccups in the third, Alex Lyon finished the contest with 28 saves on the night and picked up his team-leading sixth win of the year between the pipes for Charlotte.
