The Aldergrove Kodiaks were up 3-1 over the Mission City Outlaws in the first two periods on Saturday night. However, the Outlaws came back in the third to even the score, setting the stage for a 5-4 overtime victory over the Kodiaks at the Mission Leisure Centre.
The overtime loss left the Kodiaks stalled at one win in four games but still gave them a point for three points so far in the regular season.
The teams were tied at 28 shots on goal although the Kodiaks scored twice in 10 power plays while the Outlaws scored in none of their five power plays.
Kodiak Quinncy Leroux, who was named the game’s second star, notched the only goal in the first period on a power play at 3:38, assisted by Brandon Dolby and Davin Padgham.
Mission scored early in the second but the Kodiaks scored two more, with Leroux assisted by Cameron Davitt, and Joshua Pollock, on a power play, assisted by Dolby.
The Outlaws turned it around in the third, scoring three for a 4-3 lead, but a penalty shot by Eric Callegari at 17:18 evened it up at 4-4 and set the game into overtime.
The Outlaws scored the winner at 4:47 of the first overtime.
Kodiak Quinncy Leroux scored twice against the Mission City Outlaws, Saturday at Mission Leisure Centre.
