New Mexico Ice Wolves beat Corpus Christi IceRays in overtime – The Rink Live

The Corpus Christi IceRays hosted the New Mexico Ice Wolves in the action on Saturday in what was expected to be a close game.

The game went into overtime and New Mexico prevailed. The final score was 3-2.

New Mexico’s

Yusaku Ando

scored the game-winning goal.

The Ice Wolves started off strong and took the lead right after the puck drop with

Bryce Johnson

scoring in the first period, assisted by

Ethan Hull

and

Damon Bickler

.

The IceRays’ Michael Valdez tied the game late in the first period, assisted by

Max Tedestedt

and

Zakhar Polshakov

.

The IceRays took the lead early in the third period when

Stepan Kuznetsov

netted one, assisted by

Luca Fasciano

and Luke Gallo.

The Ice Wolves tied the score 2-2 early in the third when Yusaku Ando found the back of the net, assisted by Olivier Lamothe and

Michael Schermerhorn

.

In overtime, it took 4:02 before Yusaku Ando scored the game-winner for the road team.

Next games:

The teams play their next games on Friday. The IceRays will host the Grit at 7:35 p.m. CST at American Bank Center, and the Ice Wolves will visit the Jackalopes at 7:30 p.m. CST at Outpost Ice Arenas.

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