The Attack managed a point, but couldn’t steal a second one in Barrie.
Cole Beaudoin and Emil Hemming scored in the shootout, as the Barrie Colts outlasted the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 Thursday evening in Ontario Hockey League action at Sadlon Arena.
Carter George kept the Attack (3-4-1-1) in the game, making 45 saves in earning the nod as first star.
Riley Patterson, Carter Lowe and Grayson Tiller scored for Barrie (5-3-0-0), which won for the fourth time in the past five games.
Landen Hookey, Sam McCue and Antonio Tersigni had the goals for Owen Sound. The Attack managed at least a point for the fourth time in their past five games.
Both goaltenders put on a show in overtime. Ben Hrebik denied a breakaway opportunity for Ben Cormier, going down and poking the puck away as the Attack forward moved in tight.
George stood tall as well at the other end. The best chance was Beaudoin’s. He had the puck just outside the crease with all kinds of time, and then cut to the middle but couldn’t find a spot to put it past the Attack goaltender.
The game was tied 1-1 after one. Tiller gave the Colts a 1-0 lead 2:50 after puck drop, moving over the blueline on the left wing side and firing a wrist shot from well out that looked to ride off the stick off an Attack defender over the glove of George.
The Attack tied it seven minutes later on the power play. Bruce McDonald had the puck on the left board and put it toward the front of the goal, and Hookey deflected it past Hrebik. Tie game, 1-1.
Owen Sound was on its heels throughout the second period, getting outshot 20-7. George made save after save after save.
Then it was the Attack that broke through for their first lead. Harry Nansi took the puck into the offensive zone, then put a pass back to Konnor Smith who fired it towards the net. McCue deflected it in front past Hrebik to make it 2-1 with 5:16 left in the second.
But the Colts answered less than three minutes later. After George denied a breakaway from Wigle by sliding to his left to make a pad save, the puck bounced into the corner. Wigle quickly flicked it back out front and Lowe found it through a maze of players, and shot it in to tie the game 2-2.
The Colts re-took the lead just 12 seconds into the third. Patterson scored his first of the season, taking a pass from behind net right in front of the goal. He then put a quick shot past the glove of George. 3-2 Barrie.
The Attack responded at 6:53 of the third. James Petrovski shot from the blueline into traffic at the net, and it was deflected by Tersigni past Hrebik, tying the game 3-3. Petrovski finished the night with a pair of assists, and extended his point streak to four games. He has six assists over that stretch.
Hrebik made 25 saves in the win, while George stopped 45 in the loss. Barrie outshot Owen Sound 49-28 while going 0 for 3 on the power play; the Attack finished 1 for 3.
Next up for the Attack is a home game Saturday evening at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre against the Windsor Spitfires (6-1-1-0). Game time is 7 p.m.