Otters Fall 5-2 to Chargers

The Mississauga Chargers put two goals behind Charlie Millen before the game was three minutes old, and that paced the visitors to a 5-2 win Friday night at the Jack, ending their three game losing streak.

Mike Santini and Jinmin Kim made it 2-0 before Braiden Burnett tallied his 7th of the season from Sean Poitras and Adam Ritchie to make it a 2-1 game after 20 minutes of play.

That goal seemed to spark the Otters, as Dan Barnett notched his team leading 18th of the season, from Tyler McGee and Brad Langford, to tie the game at 2.

But before the second period was out, Mike Santini notched an even strength marker with 23 second left to send Mississauga to the dressing room with a 3-2 lead.

Two unanswered Charger goals in the third rounded out the scoring.

The three games in three days schedule continues today for the Otters, as they travel to Toronto to take on the Villanova Knights for a 2:30 faceoff. Huntsville rounds out the weekend, and the portion of their schedule prior to the Christmas break, by hosting the Milton Icehawks at the Jack Bionda Sunday at 3pm.

OTTERS TALES...Barnett now has seven points in his last five games...this was the first time in four games this season that Mississauga had beaten the Otters....with an assist in this game, Tyler McGee now has seven points in four games played against the Chargers this season...Huntsville has now been outscored by their opponents in the third period 52-37 in 2009/10.