APPLETON, Wis. — The Rochester Grizzlies used a dramatic finish to regulation to get a game to overtime here Saturday night.
But their good fortune didn’t last, as the Fox Cities Forge pulled out a 4-3 North American 3 Hockey League victory in OT.
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Rochester’s Jace Jordan scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season with just 36 seconds to go in the third period. That tied the score 3-3 after Fox Cities had scored twice in 1:55 just minutes earlier to take a 3-2 lead.
After a scoreless first period, the teams traded goals in the second. Fox Cities opened the scoring 10:48 into the second on an Owen Feary goal. That’s how it stayed until the final minute of the period when Konnor Goclan scored an unassisted goal to tie the score 1-1.
Rochester regained the lead midway through the third period on Taevon Welle’s first goal as a Grizzly, with assists from Tai Kontrec and Jordan.
But the Forge tied the score 2-2 on a short-handed goal by Maxim Bachmann with 4:55 to go in the third, then took a 3-2 lead on Hayden Weir’s goal with 3:00 to play.
The Grizzlies outshot the Forge 42-17 in the game, but Fox Cities goalie Eli Graf made 39 stops. Christian Hill saved 13 of the 1...