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Bulldogs' late season push continues

The Kincardine Bulldogs continue to rattle some chains late in the the PJHL season.

Kincardine beat Wingham 3-2 in overtime for their fifth win in seven games to keep pace with Mitchell for third in the Pollock Divisions in the standings.

Wingham built a 2-0 lead in the game with goals by Rhys Vollmer in the first period and Justin Donnelly on the power play in the second period. Donnelly has averaged over a point a game since coming over to Wingham in a trade from Walkerton.

Kincardine scored on a power play of their own midway through the third period, courtesy of Brett Burrows. Then just over two minutes later, Jake Fair scored the equalizer.

After a messy end to the third period, Kincardine defencema Logan Swanton scored the winner at the 2:12 mark of overtime.

The third period was riddled with penalties including two fighting majors, handed to Kincardine's Jacob Traynor and Wingham's Logan Tolton. And Wingham's Chase Meurs was tagged with a gross misconduct for 'removal of opponent's/own helmet in the same stoppage.

There were also multiple cross-checking and head contact calls.

The Kincardine win leaves the Bulldogs one point behind Mitchell for third place while Wingham still has a three point edge on Mount Forest for first. But the Patriots have three games in hand, including a Wednesday night home game at 8:15 p.m. versus Mitchell. That's a make up game from Saturday's postponed schedule because of the weather.

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