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Panthers pull out dramatic road victory

Published on January 20, 2012; Published on January 20, 2012
Staff ~ The Journal Pioneer

FREDERICTON – The UPEI Panthers pulled out a dramatic come-from-behind road victory against the St. Thomas Tommies in an Atlantic University Sport men’s hockey game here Friday night.

Topics :: Panthers , Clyde River , Fredericton , Moncton

Jared Gomes scored with 1:54 remaining in regulation time to lift the Panthers into a 3-3 tie, and then Chris Desousa scored the winning goal in a shootout to give UPEI a 4-3 victory before 252 fans at the Lady Beaverbrook Rink.

Matt Carter and Reggie Traccitto also scored for the Panthers (12-8-0), who fell behind 3-1 in the first minute of the second period. Desousa (2), Gomes, Harrison McIver of Newton and Devan Praught of Summerside added assists.

Yuri Chermetiev (2) and Jonathan Bonneau countered for the Tommies (3-14-3). Randy Cameron of Clyde River contributed a pair of assists.

The Tommies held period leads of 2-1 and 3-2.

Overall, the Tommies outshot the Panthers 39-36. Jhase Sniderman was the winning goaltender, and Charles Lavigne took the loss.

The Panthers remain in Fredericton to face league-leading UNB tonight (Saturday). Moncton posted a 5-1 win over UNB (14-4-2) on Friday night.

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bruce martin

- January 22, 2012 at 17:51:52

hard to believe only 252 at a game considering the quality of hockey in this league.nice to see a strong finish by the panthers and by the result of the unb -moncton game maybe the panthers didn't play that bad the other night vs.moncton .good luck today

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