WATERFORD, MI – The Metro Jets completed a two-game sweep of the Quad City Jr. Flames with a 5-4 win at Lakeland Arena Sunday afternoon and have now won three straight games in Central States Hockey League action.
Metro had topped Quad City 4-3 in overtime Saturday night. Both games, the Jets gave up third period leads, but came back to win each contest.
Sunday afternoon, the Jets (4-5-0-0) used five different goal scorers and 40 saves from goalie Eric Trunick (Commerce Township, Mich.) for the win. Trunick has earned all four of Metro’s wins this season since being acquired from Cleveland in the second week of the season.
Newly-signed Cameron Bazin’s (Troy, Mich.) power-play goal at 13:54 of the third period snapped a 4-4 tie and the Jets held on the rest of the way.
Justin Bennett (Brighton, Mich.) scored 87 seconds into the game for the Jets and then Brett Grech (Hartland, Mich.) scored four seconds into a power play at 3:25. Quad City’s Kyle Vesling made it a 2-1 game at the 7:16 mark, but Tommy Kilgore (Pinckney, Mich.) restored the two-goal lead with the only goal of the second period at 18:57.
In the third period, Matt Stirling (Dexter, Mich.) made it 4-1 with a goal on the man-advantage at 6:10 and all seemed to be going in the Jets’ favor.
However, Cole Findlay (6:47), Jared Fielden (8:55) and Kody Rodriquez (10:13) all scored for the Jr. Flames in a 3:16 span to bring Quad City all the way back.