Montgomery And Senators Edged By Utica
Blake Montgomery and his Belleville Senators teammates were narrowly beaten 1–0 away to the Utica Comets on Wednesday [November 11].
The teams remained scoreless through two periods before Xavier Parent scored the decisive power-play goal 30 seconds into the third.
Belleville outshot Utica 8–6 in the opening period but could not convert any of their three power-play opportunities. The hosts held an 11–5 advantage in shots during the second period, with neither side finding a breakthrough.
Utica began the final period with time remaining on a power play. Ben Steeves supplied a cross-ice pass to Parent, whose shot deflected off Belleville defenceman Matthew Andonovski’s skate and past goaltender Kevin Reidler. Anton Silaev also collected an assist.
Montgomery had a chance to equalise on a third-period breakaway, but Utica goaltender Jakub Malek denied him as the Comets protected their lead.
Malek stopped all 19 shots he faced to secure the shutout, while Reidler made 26 saves from 27 shots for Belleville.
