Edmonton, Alb – Edmonton Oil Kings beat the Kootenay ICE 3-2 in overtime in WHL action on Saturday night.
The Oil Kings (29-10-1-4) scored the only goal of the first period on the power play as T.J. Foster drove the net and Tyler Maxwell put in the rebound.
ICE Captain Drew Czerwonka left the game in the period and didn’t return.
In the second period the ICE (25-13-2-3) tied the game on 3-on-0 break with a passing play from Joe Antilla to Max Reinhart to Sam Reinhart who scored his 13th of the season.
Reinhart now has 34 points which ties Jarret Stoll and Nigel Dawes for the most points by an ICE 16-year-old forward. Defenseman Steve McCarthy had 40 points as a 16-year old.
Early in the third period Jagger Dirk gave the ICE a 2-1 lead by finding a loose puck in the crease behind the goalie and poked it in.
Jesse Ismond extended his point streak to 3 games (0-3-3)
Dirk has 3 goals and 9 points in the 9 games since the X-mas break.
Edmonton tied the game midway through the period as Henrik Samuelsson got his 1st WHL goal in his 2nd game.
Jordan Peddle scored the winner on a behind the net fed by Rhett Rachinski.
The ICE will visit Regina on Wednesday.
ICE Scratches – Luke Paulsen, Levi Cable.
Game Summary
Edmonton 29-10-1-4 Kootenay 25-13-2-3
1st Period
1, Edmonton, Maxwell 23 (Foster, Pysyk), 15:17 (PP).
Penalties-Pysyk Edm (hooking), 3:40; Leach Ktn (tripping), 14:21.
2nd Period
2, Kootenay, Reinhart 13 (Reinhart, Antilla), 4:50.
Penalties-Wand Ktn (major-fighting), 2:03; Geertsen Edm (major-fighting), 2:03; Dirk Ktn (roughing), 8:43; Legault Edm (roughing), 8:43; Pysyk Edm (tripping), 15:42.
3rd Period
3, Kootenay, Dirk 4 (Ismond), 0:36.
4, Edmonton, Samuelsson 1 (Legault, Corbett), 8:30.
Penalties-Pearce Ktn (hooking), 11:49; St. Croix Edm (tripping), 13:47.
OT Period
5, Edmonton, Peddle 8 (Rachinski, Pysyk), 3:06.
Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 5-12-9-1-27. Edmonton 13-16-11-3-43.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 0 / 3; Edmonton 1 / 2.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 19-10-2-2 (43 shots-40 saves). Edmonton, Brossoit 25-9-1-3 (27 shots-25 saves).
A-7,918
Referees-Colin Watt (72), Chad Williams (60).
Linesmen-Greg Chornohus (127), Chris Carlson (92).