For a second straight game, the IceDogs would be stymied by a hot goaltender, falling 3-1 in Kitchener. Billy Burke’s team would fire 45 shots the way of the Kitchener net.
After falling behind early, the power-play would even things up as Sam Miletic fired home is 27th from the point, with assists going to Ben Jones and Kirill Maksimov at 14:40. Out-shooting the home side 20-4, the offense would be denied time and time again.
In the second, Colton Incze took over making 17 saves of his own to keep the game tied at 1 heading to the third. The IceDogs played the first two periods without Miletic who sustained an upper body injury. He will be re-evaluted on Wednesday.
The winning goal came just over two and half minutes into the final period, while Niagara played most of the third without Elijah Roberts who picked up 17 minutes of penalties on an instigator call. Pressing for the equalized, Kitchener found the empty net with less than 30 seconds to play.
For the game, the IceDogs out-shot Kitchener 45-39.
610 CKTB 3 Stars of the Game…
1-Mario Culina (Rangers)
2-Colton Incze
3-Kole Sherwood (Rangers)
On tap, the number one ranked Soo Greyhounds come the Meridian Centre Thursday night. 610 CKTB will be there with all the action beginning at 6:30.