Coyotes give up third period lead to Bradford

November 26, 2014 · 0 Comments

They fought back, but a late third period blitz by the Bradford Rattlers handed the Alliston Coyotes a 10–7 loss Thursday (Nov. 20.) night at the New Tecumseth Recreation Complex in Alliston.
At the end of the first period the Coyotes were trailing 4–2 to the third place Rattlers.
After a late period goal from Angrej Jamnicky, Coyotes forward Nikita Sidenko made a class move in front of the net when he took a shot then picked up on his own rebound for the second shot that made it to the back of the Rattlers net.
Feeling the pressure in the second frame, the Coyotes scored three, verses two more from the Bradford squad to close the gap and make it a 6–5 game going into the final 20 minutes of play.
Alliston’s Austin Cunningham and Oleg Khalemin both scored early in the third period – Cunningham notching his only 15 seconds in the period followed by Khalemin’s goal just :50 seconds later – to give the Coyotes a one goal lead.
From there, the Coyotes ran into trouble giving up four goals to end the game 10–7 for the Rattlers.
It was loss number ten for the Coyotes and dropped them down to a .500 record for the season with 20 points – good for a seventh place in the Greater Metro Hockey League’s South Division.
Over all the Tottenham Steam continue to dominate the League with 38 points and only a single loss after 20 games played this year. The Temiscaming Titans hold second place with 33 points, followed by the Toronto Blue Ice Jets with 32 points.
The Coyotes will be back on home ice for their regular home game tonight (Nov. 27) when they will host the Toronto Ice Jets.
The puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

By Brian Lockhart