The Belleville Senators picked up their season-high third straight win and extended their point streak to five games, with a 5-2 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins at CAA Arena on Friday night.
The Griffins, in their first visit to Belleville since 2018, scored first. Defenceman Simon Edvinsson’s shot got through a screen and past Leevi Merilainen, under 4:00 into the game. But the Senators would counter less than a minute later, with Matthew Boucher tipping his second goal of the season by Sebastian Cossa, after a point shot from Sens Captain Dillon Heatherington.
Belleville added two more before the end of the frame. First, a prototypical wrist shot from the left circle by Egor Sokolov, on the power play, for his third goal in as many games and sixth of the season. Then, a creative play by Roby Jarventie to bank the puck off Cossa’s back and in, from behind the net at 16:41.
Grand Rapids got one back at 3:34 of the second, through a rebound from Joel L’Esperence, then Josh Currie made it 4-2 Belleville at 16:09, tapping in a rebound that had slipped through Cossa’s legs. Max Guenette would round out the scoring with an empty netter from inside the Belleville net at 18:02 of the third.
Fast Facts:
- #9 Angus Crookshank had two assists and has points in back-to-back games
- #13 Egor Sokolov has scored a goal in three straight games and was named the game’s second star
- #19 Matthew Boucher had a goal and was named the game’s third star
- #21 Max Guenette extended his point streak to three game’s
- #22 Garrett Pilon extended his point streak to five games with an assist
- #34 Roby Jarventie extended his point streak to seven games with a goal and an assist, and was named the game’s first star
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