Photo: OJHL Images/Wellington Dukes
Four unanswered third period goals helped the Wellington Dukes hook the Lindsay Muskies 6-2 on Friday night.
Two more new players had heavy hands in contributing to the win, with Zach Anderson (one goal, two assists) and Landen Anderson (two helpers) factoring in on the scoresheet.
The two unrelated Andersons connected with Blake Berthiaume for Zach Anderson’s third of the year to open the scoring less than four minutes into the contest, before Jackson Bathgate answered for Lindsay.
The Andersons teamed up to find Justin Doak for a powerplay goal halfway through the second, but the ‘Fish’ kept chipping away and wound up with the tying marker off Egor Kozlov’s stick in the final minute to make the game a tossup going into the third.
That’s when Wellington took off, getting the game-winner on a re-direction and an insurance marker from Kasen Beitz, the lucky #13th goal of the season from Landon Marleau and another add-on tally from Berthiaume.
Jayden Levesque added two assists, while Zach Anderson, Presley Kelly, Marco Wolf, and Zach Mascard added one.
Dryden Riley posted another win with 27 saves as Wellington outshot Lindsay 42-29 to improve to 9-4-1-1 on the season.
This paves the way for a heavyweight clash with the East Conference’s first seeded Markham Royals at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Duke Dome.
