T-Birds edge Knights in OT

WASILLA -- The East Thunderbirds edged the Colony Knights 7-6 in an overtime thriller at the Brett Memorial Ice Arena Friday.

The teams combined for seven goals in the first period with Colony taking leads of 1-0, 3-1 and 4-3 in the first frame.

Costa Lambornakis scored 73 seconds into the game to give Colony the early 1-0 lead. East tied up the game five minutes into the contest, but Doug Lehe took a pass from Chris Crosta and scored at the 6:16 mark to break the tie. Lambornakis scored his second goal of the period to give Colony the two-goal advantage midway through the first. East scored a pair of goals within 31 seconds to tie the game and Crosta scored with just over two minutes remaining to give Colony the 4-3 lead after the first period.

Lehe and Brad Peltz scored third period goals for Colony.

East scored an even- strength goal at the 2:39 mark of the third period to give the Thunderbirds the non-conference victory.

The Knights will return to conference action with a showdown against Valley foe Palmer at the Brett Memorial Ice Arena on Wednesday.

First Period — 1, Colony, Lambornakis (Lehe, Luthi), 1:13; 2) East, E. Walsky (Clay, Sedlacek), 5:52; 3, Colony, Lehe, (Crosta, Luthi), 6:16; 4, Colony, Lambornakis, 9:22; 5, East, Rider (Luiten, E. Walsky), 10:14 (pp); 6, East, Rider (Clay), 11:44; 7, Colony, Crosta (Lehe), 12:15 (pp). Penalties — East 2 for 4; Colony 3 for 6.

Second Period — 8, East, Luiten (Rhyner), :11 (pp). Penalties — East 4 for 16; Colony 5 for 10.

Third Period — 9, Colony, Lehe (Peltz, Crosta), 3:35; 10, Colony, Peltz (Luthi), 7:09; 11, East, Armstrong, 8:02; 12, East, Rhyner, 8:50. Penalties — None.

Overtime — 13, East, Rider (E. Walsky), 2:39.

Goalies — East, Rosett 10-x-x-x — 10; Northcutt x-4-4-1 — 9; Colony, Rein 7-7-6-1 — 21.