Minor league report: Nailers beat Komets in overtime
An overtime goal by forward Cam Brown gave the Wheeling Nailers a 6-5 home win against the Fort Wayne Komets on Sunday at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling.
Brown also scored with 4:21 left in regulation to force overtime and recorded two assists while forward Jan Drozg, a 2017 fifth-round pick of the Penguins, also netted two goals and two assists for the Nailers (6-5-2-0).
Goaltender Alex D’Orio made 25 saves in the victory for Wheeling which snapped a three-game losing streak.
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The Nailers’ next game is at home against the Cincinnati Cyclones on Tuesday, 10:45 a.m.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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