FORT WAYNE, IN – In their second game of a three game series, the Indy Fuel faced the Fort Wayne Komets on Saturday night. The Fuel would see goals from Willie Raskob and Nic Pierog but would eventually fall to the Komets 3-2 in overtime.
Through the first 20 minutes of the game, both teams traded man advantages but Dylan Ferguson and Tom Aubrun turned shots aside. The Komets outshot the Fuel 15-10 in the first period but neither team was able to capitalize and head into the locker room tied 0-0.
Although earning two early power plays in the second period, the Fuel were unable to get the puck past Ferguson. Throughout the remainder of the period, both teams traded chances on the power play but the Fuel eventually took the lead with 15 seconds remaining when Raskob buried a rebound and gave the Fuel a 1-0 lead.
Earning an early power play in the third period, Fort Wayne’s AJ Jenks picked up his own rebound and put the puck past Fuel goaltender Aubrun. Earning a second power play in the third period the Komets took a 2-1 lead when Brandon Hawkins fed Marco Roy a one-timer and he beat Aubrun.
Indy tied the game with 1:26 remaining in the game when Pierog fired a wrist shot past Ferguson. Neither team would score in the final minute sending the game to overtime. Both teams traded chances throughout the first two minutes of overtime but both goaltenders stood strong. Marco Roy eventually put the game away after a long Indy Fuel shift beating Aubrun with a wrist shot to take the 3-2 win.
The Fuel will close out their three-game series with the Komets on Sunday night before returning home to Indiana Farmers Coliseum on Wednesday for All-You-Can-Eat Night.
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