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Antonio Pugliese scored three goals, including the game-winner 48 seconds into overtime, and the visiting Fort Erie Meteors defeated the Niagara Falls Canucks 4-3 Friday night at Gale Centre.
Marcus Regina, on the power play; also scored in regulation as the Meteors snapped a four-game losing streak and improved their record in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Golden Horseshoe Conference to 4-4-1.
Tanner McEachern, power play; Matthew Riva and Blake Power, who forced overtime with 1:48 remaining in regulation, provided the offence for the Canucks, 8-3-2.
Fort Erie outshot Niagara Falls 49-36 and went 1-for-5 on the power play. The Canucks finished 1-for-4 with a man advantage.
Duncan Nichols-Delay earned the win in net for the Meteors. Mihailo Corovic went the distance between the pipes for Niagara Falls.
Saturday night’s junior-B schedule has the Canucks at the Caledonia Corvairs, 5-4-0-1. Fort Erie visits the Pelham Panthers, 2-6-2, in a Sunday matinee and is at the Thorold Blackhawks the following night.
Falcons 6, Panthers 0
At St. Catharines, Josh Johnson earned his second shutout in three starts – and the team’s sixth in 12 games – and the Falcons blanked Pelham to move back into first place.
Jagger North, Sam Williamson, with two each; Joe Colasurdo and Aiden Cupelli netted goals as St. Catharines, 9-2-0-1, won its fourth in a row.
The Falcons moved one point ahead of Niagara Falls and the idle Hamilton Kilty B’s, 9-1, in the Golden Horseshoe Conference standings.
Hamilton has three games in hand on St. Catharines, and the Falcons have a game in hand on the Canucks.
Pelham was outshot 31-24 as it lost its fourth in a row.
St. Catharines finished Friday night’s game at Jack Gatecliff Arena 2-for-4 on the power play. The Panthers were held scoreless in two power-play opportunities.
The Falcons won’t return to the ice until Friday, Nov. 5, when they host Pelham.
Other Saturday night action in the Golden Horseshoe has Thorold, 3-6-1, visiting the Kilty B’s at Dave Andreychuk Arena in Hamilton.
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