The Prince Albert Mintos clawed their way back from a two goal deficit but couldn’t complete the comeback in overtime.

The Mintos fell 3-2 to the Saskatoon Contacts at Merlis Belsher Place on Thursday. Mintos head coach Dion Antisin credited his team for playing well after going down 2-0, but said they can’t give their opponents a head start and still be successful.

“We just didn’t play well at the start of the game,” Antisin said. “The first half we just weren’t skating well, weren’t making the passes, weren’t playing our style of hockey that we need to play to be successful. About halfway through the game we had a little talk on the bench and they responded well and started playing that style that really made them successful.”

The Contacts outshot the Mintos 15-5 in the first period,

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