CHARLOTTE, NC – After a tough loss the night before, the Checkers responded with a thrilling overtime victory courtesy of Martin Necas to beat Bellville 3-2.
The Checkers found themselves down by one heading into the final five minutes of regulation and pulled netminder Alex Nedeljkovic for an extra attacker. They continued to apply pressure on the Senators until Aleksi Saarela found the back of the net, evening the score and sending the contest to overtime.
Both teams traded chances in the extra frame, including a crucial kill by the Checkers, and in the final minute of play Martin Necas broke up the right side before cutting across the crease and beating Filip Gustavsson to secure two points for the first-place Checkers.
That marked the second tally of the night for the rookie, as he wired a wrister late in the first to tie the score at one.
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