The Cut Knife Colts are undefeated no more. The Meota Combines beat the Colts 6-5 in Cut Knife Wednesday night. Brett Miller had two goals and three assists for the Combines in the win.
Miller opened the scoring in the first period, beating Cut Knife goaltender Dallas Sperle.
The Colts tied the game before the end of the period. Gino Frank scored on Meota goaltender Carson Churchman with less than two minutes to go in the first, making the score 1-1 heading into the first intermission.
In the second period, Meota regained the lead thanks to a goal from Brody Tatchell, who also had four assists in the game.
Cut Knife tied the game again a minute later. Ashton Hewson tallied his first of two goals in the game with 11:16 left in the second.
With 5:59 left in the period, Miller scored his second goal of the game to give the Combines a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.
The Combines came out with a couple of quick goals in the third. Taylor Willsey and Bo Gervais scored about a minute apart to extend the Combines' lead to three. Brad Eischen added the sixth goal shortly after.
Cut Knife's comeback attempt started with Hewson's second goal with 8:17 left in the final period to make it a 6-3 game. The Colts added two goals with under a minute to go in the game from Wes Tuplin and Riley Albert, but could not find the equalizer before time expired.
The Combines (3-1) have won three straight games and sit two points behind the Colts (4-1) in the SPHL standings.
