Regiment Rally To Top Voltigeurs 4-2
ST. JOHN’S, NL — The Newfoundland Regiment came from behind to secure a crucial 4-2 victory over a strong Drummondville Voltigeurs side on Friday night at the Mary Brown’s Centre.
Renaud Poulin opened the scoring for the second night in a row to give the Voltigeurs the lead five minutes into the second period. Just moments later Marc-Olivier Beaudry made it 2-0 Drummondville as the visitors carried a 2-0 lead into the second intermission.
Dawson Sharkey gave the Regiment some life as he struck on the powerplay with 15:56 to play to cut the deficit to one. Special teams continue to be the difference as Ryan Dwyer buried shorthanded on a breakaway to minutes later to bring the game to all square at 2-2.
Blake Pilgrim-Edwards provided the decisive moment as his snipe with 4:45 left in regulation gave the Regiment their first lead of the series before Sharkey’s second of the game into an empty net in the dying seconds put the exclamation on a thrilling 4-2 win.
Newfoundland embark on a six game road trip beginning on Friday night in Cape Breton against the Eagles. Tickets for the remainder of Regiment regular season home games in February and March are available now at tickets.nlregiment.com.
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