The Belleville Senators began a busy week with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Utica Comets at CAA Arena on Tuesday night.
Belleville opened the scoring at the 11:50 mark of the first period when rookie defenceman Maxence Guenette came off the bench and beat Akira Schmid up-high with a heavy wrister to give the Senators a 1-0 lead after twenty minutes of play.
In the second frame, Belleville extended their lead through captain Logan Shaw who found the back of the net before the mid-way point of the stanza. The tallying continued as Utica rearguard Reilly Walsh got the visitors on the board to make it 2-1 with 6:15 left to play in the period.
The Comets forced overtime, tying the contest 2-2 with 11:28 to go in the third as Robbie Russo picked the low far-side corner on Logan Flodell from the face-off circle. Kevin Bahl completed the comeback for Utica in extra time, scoring the game-winner just over a minute into the extra frame.
