Kenai River Brown Bears beat Janesville Jets in overtime
The Janesville Jets hosted the Kenai River Brown Bears in the action on Saturday in what was expected to be a close game. The game went into overtime and Kenai River prevailed. The final score was 4-3.
The Janesville Jets hosted the Kenai River Brown Bears in the action on Saturday in what was expected to be a close game. The game went into overtime and Kenai River prevailed. The final score was 4-3.
The game-winning goal was scored by Kenai River's Noah Holt.
The first period was scoreless.
Early in the second period, the Jets took the lead when chris pelosi scored the first goal assisted by Will Troutwine and CONNER BROWN.
Brown Bears' Garrett Drotts tallied a goal two minutes into the period, making the score 1-1. Ryan Finch and Ashton Christman assisted.
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The Brown Bears made it 2-1 in the second period when Ryan Finch scored, assisted by Owen Penny and Carson Triggs.
The Brown Bears scored again, making it 3-1 with a goal from Ben Monson after 9:01 in the third period.
But amazingly the Jets bounced back to 3-3 with two goals in just 0:43. Noah Gibbs scored, making it 3-2 after 17.21 och chris pelosi beat the goalie, completing the comeback after 18.04.
In overtime, it took 30 seconds before Noah Holt scored the game-winner for the road team, assisted by Caleb Huffman and Bryce Monrean.
Next games:
The Jets are set to face Chippewa at 7 p.m. CST at Chippewa Area Ice Arena, while the Brown Bears face Wisconsin at 7 p.m. CST at Eagle River Sports Arena. Both games are scheduled for Friday.