Langley Rivermen were edged out in overtime in a rematch with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs before a crowd of 1,011 at George Preston arena on Saturday, Nov. 16.
Rivermen scored first, thanks to a Jackson Potulny backhander, his first as a Rivermen player with 2:30 remaining in the first.
Just after the midway mark of the second period, Ryan Schelling got his 11th goal of the season on the power play making it 2-0 Rivermen.
Bulldogs came back with two goals in the span of three minutes to tie the game 2-2, then Adyn Merrick regained the lead for Langley to get his 10th of the season, giving the Rivermen a 3-2 lead.
The Bulldogs tied it 2:09 into the third on a shot from the right point from Lenny Greenberg, making it 3-3.
In overtime, Caden Tremblay one timed the puck on a pass from behind the Rivermen net, winning the game with 3:37 gone.
It was the second game of a three-game home stand for Langley.
Game one, on Friday, Nov. 15, was a winner for the Rivermen over Prince George Spruce Kings that saw Langley come back from a 2-0 deficit to win 6-3.
Ryan Schelling scored back-to-back goals to make it 2-2, with Dalton MacGillivray, Jackson Krill, Adyn Merrick, and Ilya Rogovsky (on an empty net) also scoring.
A road trip to Vancouver Island the previous weekend saw the Rivermen fall to Nanaimo Clippers and Alberni Valley Bulldogs Nov. 8-9.
Friday’s game in Nanaimo went into overtime tied 1-1, with the Clippers getting the game winner with 19 seconds gone in the extra frame. Ryan Schelling scored his 10th goal of the season.
Saturday, the Bulldogs won 3-1. Ethan Merner scored the lone Langley goal.
Rivermen's three-game home stand concludes on Friday, Nov. 22 against the Nanaimo Clippers, the two teams third meeting of the season. Sunday is a trip out to the South Surrey Arena for the third time this season to take on the Surrey Eagles
