FALCONS SCORE IN OVERTIME; SPOIL KINGFISH'S THREE-GOAL COMEBACK

FRESNO, Calif, -- The Fresno Falcons scored 2:49 into overtime to defeat the Baton Rouge Kingfish, 4-3, at Selland Arena. 

Baton Rouge played its worst period of the season in the opening 20 minutes. The hosts opened the scoring 1:19 into the game and then added another tally just shy of three minutes later. At 6:22 of the first period, the Falcons scored again to take a 3-0 lead. The third Fresno goal chased Kingfish starter Tony Seykora, and Ed Coffey finished the game in between the pipes for Baton Rouge. 

Tobias Odjick scored on the powerplay with 2:20 left in the first period to get the Kingfish on the board. Baton Rouge trailed, 3-1, after 20 minutes. 

In the second period, Tyler Larwood buried his first goal of the season at 18:13 to cut the Fresno lead to one. The game headed to the third period with the Kingfish chasing one goal. 

In the third, both goaltenders were tremendous. Coffey made a series of brilliant saves for the Kingfish to preserve the 3-2 scoreline. With under two minutes to play, Baton Rouge pulled Coffey to go six-on-five, and the Fish cashed in. Jake Cox deflected in a Jason Brancheau wrist shot to tie the game, 3-3. The Kingfish earned a point, and we headed to overtime.

Just over halfway through the extra session, the Falcons scored off the rush to take the extra point and win the game in overtime, 4-3. 

Coffey made 38 saves in the loss. The Kingfish are idle until next Friday when they begin a three-in-three on the road with the Binghamton Black Bears. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. CST at Visions Veterans Memorial Arena.