(With files from David Foot)
The Belleville Senators came from behind not once, but twice, then scored late in the third to beat the visiting Syracuse Crunch 4-3.
Michael Del Zotto broke a 3-3 tie on the power play with 1:33 left in regulation.
Belleville rallied back from a 2-0 and 3-2 deficit. Team captain Logan Shaw who scored on the power play and had two assists says it was a confidence builder for the young Senators.
Syracuse opened the scoring at 2:21 of the first period through Pierre-Cedric Labrie before Gage Goncalves put home a rebound to extend the visitors’ lead to 2-0.
Belleville cut the deficit in half at the 15:30 mark as Matt Wedman buried his seventh of the season. Captain Logan Shaw evened the game on the power play with a quick wrister from the faceoff circle to close out the opening twenty minutes.
In the second period, the two sides traded goals. Crunch forward Charles Hudon capitalized on his partial breakaway, scoring upstairs with a backhander 5:36 into the stanza, while Dillon Heatherington marked his return to the B-Sens’ lineup, tallying a long wrist shot from the blue line.
Senators coach Troy Mann says the game had a post season feel to it.
The B-Sens sit two points out of a playoff spot in the North Division with two games in hand on the Crunch.
They meet again Friday night at 7:05 (6:50 on CJBQ) at the CAA Arena. 500 fans will be allowed to attend under Ontario’s COVID regulations. The concessions will be open as well.
