Rookie Trevor Connelly scored 38 seconds into overtime to give the Henderson Silver Knights a 5-4 win over San Jose in the first round of their Pacific Division series on Wednesday.
Game 2 of the best-of-three series is set for Friday night in Henderson.
Connelly took the outlet pass Matyas Sapovalivit went down the right wing and passed the bullet Laurent Brossoit giving the Silver Knights a win in the first ever Calder Cup Playoff game at Lee’s Family Forum.
Each team erased a third period deficit to send the game into overtime. San Jose held a 3-1 lead earlier Raphael Lavoie scored late in the second half, too Jeremy Davies and Lavoie scored 67 seconds into the third to put the Silver Knights ahead, 4-3.
But Igor Chernyshov responded on the power play with 9:19 left in regulation to pull the Barracuda even.
Kasper Haltunen, Jimmy Huntington again Colin White it also hit San Jose. Lukas Cormier got a goal and an assist for Henderson.
Carl Lindbomwho was 18-0-2 in his last 20 decisions during the regular season, making 18 saves against Henderson. Brossoit finished with 34 stops for the Barracuda.
(Henderson leads series, 1-0)
Game 1 – Wed., Apr. 22 – HENDERSON 5, San Jose 4 (OT)
Game 2 – Friday, April 24 – San Jose at Henderson, 10:00
*Game 3 – Sun., Apr. 26 – San Jose at Henderson, 6:00 p.m
*if necessary… All times in Mpumalanga
