REPORT: Dundee Stars 4 Glasgow Clan 3 (After Overtime)

Aspray Glasgow West sponsored Glasgow Clan gained a point but couldn’t get the win as they were edged 4-3 in overtime by Dundee Stars.

For the second time in 10 days, both sides were deadlocked after regulation time, however this time, it was the home team who claimed the extra point.

Clan started off the better of the two teams, with Darien Craighead testing Dundee netminder Kevin Carr with a low poke, but was denied.

However, Clan’s #77 played his part in the opening goal after four minutes when he fed in for Matt Barry, who managed to squeeze the puck into the net.

The pressure from the Clan continued in the first period to the point where Marc LeFebvre, Dundee’s coach, felt compelled to call a timeout and give his players a chance to get their breath back.

It seemed to have the effect he was looking for as Anthony Rinaldi saw what looked a harmless chance go closer than expected, while Jake Elmer looked bemused as to why his wraparound attempt somehow popped out at the other side of the crease.

Clan got a dream start to the second period as they took advantage of a defensive error in front of net, where Craighead was on hand to bury the finish to double the visitors’ lead.

Sean Allen saw an opening in front of Clan goalie Antti Karjalainen a little later on, which was dealt with, but soon, the home side got on the score board.

With Reece Kelly in the penalty box for holding, Stars made the most of the powerplay as Ryan Valentini took the puck around the net, where he found Spencer Naas, who executed the finish.

Carr came up big for his team minutes later as Jordan Cownie played it into the centre for Craighead, who looked almost certain of getting his second of the night, were it not for the Stars netminder.

Then a chance from Valentini crashed off the Clan bar as Dundee look to level things up before the second break.

Luke Lynch almost bundled in a third for Glasgow, but it was the Stars with the equaliser as Craig Moore played into the centre, where Naas’ touch took the puck beyond Karjalainen.

Jason Morgan’s side recovered with 11 minutes to go when Charlie Combs initiated a breakaway where he passed it right to Gary Haden before Cody Sol fired home to retake the lead.

Stars restored parity again as Brendan Harms turned to find Valentini, who swept it in from the inside right, triggering a high tempo finale.

Both sides couldn’t get over the line inside 60 minutes, but Valentini struck again for his second of the night to clinch the win for the Stars.