The St. Louis Park Orioles took advantage of a five minute power play in overtime and got the game winning goal from Stanley Regguinti with 3:26 remaining to lead them to a 4-3 win over the Orono Spartans Wednesday night at The Rec Center.
The Spartans would score the only first period goal as Bradley Walker received a pass from Brody Finnegan and went through the center slot and shot the puck into the middle of the net.
In the second period, the Orioles would tie the game on Henry Schrader's first goal of the season. Orono would vault into the lead with two consecutive goals. The first came when Easton Sankey went to the right of St. Louis Park goalie Josh Middleton and sank the puck over the goal line. Walker would score his second goal of the game as he went along the left corner boards and sent it to the net.
There would be good news for Orioles fans as St. Louis Park would come back to tie the game with a pair of goals. Griffin Krone fed Mason Amelse and the junior displayed outstanding stick handling as he went along the left boards, cut to the center slot and found an opening to the right of Orono goalie Brock Peyton to score the goal. Unfortunately, Amelse had to leave the game due to an injury cause by a major head contact penalty on Walker for five minutes. The Orioles would capitalize on the power play as head coach Matt Penner for a sixth attacker and they would tie the game on Ben Farley's rebound goal with :23.5 left in regulation time. The game would head into overtime.
Still on the power play in overtime, St. Louis Park would complete the comeback as Regguinti. positioned on the edge of the crease would put the puck past Peyton with 3:26 left for the win.
The Orioles improved their record to 9-9-1 and return to action on Friday, February 4 against the Chanhassen Storm at 7 PM at The Rec Center. The Spartans fell to 10-10-1 and will head back to The Rec Center on Tuesday, February 8 ro face the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights at 7 PM.
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