Late second period surge sends Bangor past Brewer at Fill the Alfond

ORONO- The Bangor Rams scored two goals in the final 2:19 of the second period, including a game winner by Will Pelc to defeat the Brewer Witches 6-2 in the annual Fill the Alfond boys high school hockey rivalry matchup at the University of Maine Friday night. 

Brewer scored first on a beautiful rush by James Armenia on the powerplay, with a backhander that beat Bangor goalie Cody McCue at 11:20 of the opening period. The Rams tied it just under three minutes later when Marc-Andre Perron scooped up a rebound of a Ryan Beck shot and slipped it past Witches netminder Calvin Grass at 14:08. Perron gave Bangor the lead for the first time with his second of the night 3:01 into the second period, before another successful Brewer powerplay tied it at 8:27 on a tip-in by Baylon Cram. The Rams took over from there. Just after their first powerplay expired, Pelc fired one home unassisted at 12:41 on a play started by Perron. Perron added another point to his evening when he picked up an assist on Chase Caron goal that made it 4-2 at 14:26. The special teams took care of things for Bangor in the third period, as they got a shorthanded marker from Phillip Moscone and a powerplay goal from Andrew Slocum to end the scoring. 

Eight different players registered points for Class A Bangor, who improves to 2-2 on the season. Perron had two goals and one assist to lead the way. Moscone, Caron, and Slocum all had one goal and one assist. Chase Karam had two assists, while Pelc had one goal and Beck along with Zachary Cota had one assist each. McCue picked up the victory in net, and Miles Worcester played the final 3:34 of game action. The Rams went 1-2 on the powerplay. Grass took the loss in the cage for the 1-4 Witches out of Class B, while Joshua Hitchings registered one assist. Brewer went 2-3 with their extra man opportunities. The Rams and Witches both return to action on New Year's Day Wednesday, January 1 as Bangor travels to Edward Little at 4:10 p.m., and the Witches host Hampden Academy at 6:10.