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The Napanee Raiders boarded the bus to Lakefield Tuesday night to play the first game in a home-and-home series with the Chiefs.
Brody Nielissen opened the scoring for the Raiders to lead 1-0 in the first period. Early in the second period, Trent Williams scored twice to bring the Raiders to a 3-0 lead. Ryan Aldridge then scored the Raiders fourth goal of the night. Lakefield then scored three late period goals to bring themselves within one goal. During the third period, Mason Goodfellow scored the Raiders fifth goal of the night to give them a two goal lead. Late in the period, the Chiefs scored twice to tie the game 5-5 to send up to overtime. With a minute and a half left in OT, Lakefield completed the comeback to win 6-5.
Raiders goalie Jacob Brown made 51 saves on 57 shots on goal. The Raiders posted 35 shots on goal tonight.
Standings update: The Napanee Raiders are in fourth place in the East Tod Division standings with a 7-3-2 record and 16 points.
The Raiders return to action: On Friday, Oct. 30th they’ll host the Chiefs for the second half of a home-and-home series. Puck drop at 7:30pm.
Elsewhere in the division this weekend: Thursday night Amherstview will play the Pirates in Picton. Then on Sunday the Jets will host the Thunder.
If you’re unable to attend any game this season, make sure you tune in to 88.7 myFM game time for live play-by-play action with Trevor Struthers, thanks to title sponsor Harvest Brinery.
Written by Emily Chatwood
