The Yarmouth Junior A Mariners let one slip away tonight in Truro.
Leading 3-0 in the second period on goals by Duncan McKie (mah-KYE) Alex Mann and Andrew Martell, the Bearcats’ Leon Denny would score three quick ones to tie it up before intermission.
Then Nic Blanchard put the Bearcats up 4-3 in the third.
The Mariners Matt Barron scored late to tie it, forcing overtime.
The game went to a shootout, where league leading scorer Kyle Tibbo had the only goal on Leif Hertz to give Truro at 5-4 win.
Yarmouth still gained three of four points on their two game road-trip.
They sit four points back of the Pictou County Weeks Crushers for first place in the MHL.
Yarmouth will take on the Dieppe Commandos at home Wednesday night.
