Renegades fall 3-2 in overtime

Renegades beaten in overtime

The Richmond Renegades lost to Huntsville 3-2 in overtime last night but kept their faint playoff hopes alive by securing one point in Huntsville, Ala.

Trailing 2-0 entering the third period, the Renegades got goals from Justin Joy (even strength) and Trevor Karasiewicz (power play) to force OT.

But a tripping call on Jason Price led to a power-play goal by John Ronan 1:07 into the extra session that gave Huntsville (29-23-6) the victory.

With two games left in the regular season, Richmond (29-26-3) trails Fayetteville (29-24-5) by two points for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Southern Professional Hockey League.

The Renegades were outshot 17-7 in the opening period and gave up a pair of goals to fall behind 2-0 at intermission.

The Renegades wrap up the season with games in Twin City tonight and at home Saturday at 7:35 p.m. vs. Knoxville.

Richmond ------------------------- 0 0 2 0 - 2
Huntsville ------------------------- 2 0 0 1 - 3

First Period - 1, Huntsvillle, Ortiz 20 (Falco, Radovich), 8:28. 2, Huntsville, Rohr 5 (Rowe, Sicard), 17:33. Penalties - Winchester, Hunt (tripping), 5:38; Tibbetts, Hunt (interference), 9:11; Campbell, Hunt (holding), 10:46; McLaughlin, Rich (delay of game), 11:28; Ortiz, Hunt (hooking), 18:42.

Second period - None. Penalties - Larke, Rich (hooking), 1:34; Oke, Rich (holding), 4:02; Tibbetts, Hunt (charging), 11:34; Rohr, Hunt (slashing), 15:17; Kauffeldt, Hunt (holding), 18:52.

Third period - 3, Richmond, Joy 22 (McLaughlin), 7:38. 4, Richmond, Karasiewicz 18 (Zalba, Rollins), 11:33 (pp). Penalties _ Ronan, Hunt (high-sticking), 11:19.

Overtime - 5, Huntsville, Ronan 20 (Zirnis, McCreary), 1:07 (pp). Penalty - Price, Rich (tripping), :44.

Shots on goal - Richmond 7-3-5-0-15. Huntsville 17-12-6-3 -38. Power-play opportunities -Richmond 1 of 8, Huntsville 1 of 4. Goalies - Richmond, Scott 14-12-3 (38 shots-35 saves). Huntsville, Haun 15-6-2 (15-12). Referee - Justin Brown. A - 2,533.