Aldergrove Kodiaks' Matt Luongo (in front of Hawks' #4 Markus Nelson) readies for a shot at Delta Ice Hawks' goalie Douglas Birks in their home season opener at Aldergrove Arena, Sept. 21. The Kodiaks were leading 2-1 but a flurry of goals late in the second half of the third period ended the game 4-2 for the Hawks.

Aldergrove Kodiaks' Matt Luongo (in front of Hawks' #4 Markus Nelson) readies for a shot at Delta Ice Hawks' goalie Douglas Birks in their home season opener at Aldergrove Arena, Sept. 21. The Kodiaks were leading 2-1 but a flurry of goals late in the second half of the third period ended the game 4-2 for the Hawks.

Precourt plays hero with OT winner

Aldergrove rallies for first victory

Ryan Veillet forced overtime and then Colton Precourt won it 22 seconds into the extra period as the Aldergrove Kodiaks defeated the Port Moody Black Panthers.

The junior B hockey teams faced off on Saturday night at Port Moody Arena in PIJHL action.

After Thanvir Bandesha opened the scoring for the Kodiaks, Port Moody’s special teams took over.

Timothy Coish and Rino Minni scored power play goals and then James Benz added a short-handed marker.

Thomas Hardy responded for the visitors to cut the lead to 3-2 after 40 minutes.

Mark Menicucci picked up the win for Aldergrove, stopping 44 of the 47 shots he faced.

The victory evened the Kodiaks record to 1-1 as they lost their home opener last week, falling 4-2 to the North Delta Ice Devils.

The Kodiaks host the Ridge Meadows Flames on Wednesday (Sept. 28) at the Aldergrove Arena.

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