Friday night turned out to be a fabulous finish for the St. Louis Park Orioles as Luke Mobley's game winning goal 1:30 in overtime led them to a 4-3 come from behind win over the North Shore Storm at The Rec Center.
It was the first overtime game for the Orioles this season and their eight straight win.
It took :41 into the first period for St. Louis Park to get the early lead when Mobley passed to Willy Basill on the right doorstep and he scored. The Storm stormed back to tie the game on Chad Nordean's shot from the right slot that went off the left post and into the net.
North Shore, comprised of students from Two Harbors, Silver Bay and Cook County in Grand Marais would take the lead in the second period. Nordean passed to Mason Meyer and his shot bounced off the plexiglass and into the net.
The Storm would put the Orioles in a two goal hole in the third period when Easton Best's shot went top shelf and entered the net. But St. Louis Park would bounce back to tie the game with a pair of goals. First up was Bauer Neudecker, the Orioles leading scorer who was defended much of the night by the Storm defense, got a pass from Mobley and scored from the left boards to cut the lead to one. They would even the score at three as Shea Pekarek scored from the left slot with 1:54 left in regulation time. There wouldn't be any late breaking goals so it was on to the eight minute overtime period.
St. Louis Park wouldn't take long to send the home throng home happy as Bauer Neudecker's shot was saved by Storm goalie Tyler Keech. But Mobley got into the center slot and rebounded the puck past Keech and into the cage 1:30 into overtime for the game winner.
The Orioles improved their record to 11-3 and return to action on Saturday, January 14 at 1 PM against the Bloomington Kenendy Eagles at The Rec Center. The game was moved from 2 PM to 1 PM. The Storm fell to 8-4-1 and host the Virginia/Mountain-Iron Buhl Blue Devils on Tuesday, January 17 at 7 PM at the Lake County Arena in Two Harbors.
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