CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – Perry D’Arrisso scored two goals to give the IceRays a 2-1 lead heading into the third period, however, it was Garret Clemment who stole the show scoring a hat trick including the overtime winner as the Fairbanks IceDogs snuck past Corpus Christi 3-2.
Clemment started the scoring with his first of the night with on a breakaway goal 1:19 left to go in the first period with assists from Duggie LAgrone and Ben Campbell for a 1-0 lead.
Corpus Christi responed just 48 seconds into the second period when D’Arrisso fired a rebound shot from Jalen Schulz past IceDogs goaltender Kevin Aldridge to even the score at one goal apiece.
D’Arrisso struck again at the 9:03 mark of the second period on the power-play with assists credited to Rudy Sulmonte and John Roisum for their only lead of the night, 2-1.
Clemment answered back with an unassisted tally with 6:02 left in the game to knot the score at two.
Then in overtime, Clemment picked up the game winner while Trevor Heuser sat in the penalty box just 1:48 into the extra frame for the 3-2 victory.
Hayden Stewart stopped 30 of 33 shots in the loss.
The IceRays return home tomorrow against Fairbanks. Puck drops at 7:05PM, coverage begins at 6:50PM with the IceRays Pregame Show on sportsjuice.com, the TuneIn Radio APP, and fasthockey.com.
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