Pittsburgh opened the scoring on the power play 6:26 into the first and added another late in the period to take a 2-0 lead into the intermission.
The Penguins extended their lead in the second before the Vets came out pushing in the third, finding the back of the net early on a breakaway goal by Evan Giannone to pull within two.
Pittsburgh responded with another power-play goal five minutes into the frame, and both teams would add goals late to make it a 6-2 final.
Landyn Quirk made 31 saves in the Vets net.
William Bryce who scored the 2nd Vets goal was named the Vets player of the game.
After opening the tournament with back-to-back wins, today provided another valuable test for our young group against a strong opponent.
Lots of positives to take from the weekend so far — and plenty of work still to be done.
The Vets finish preliminary play at 2-1 and will now await the results of today’s remaining games to determine when and who we’ll face Sunday.
One more to go in Ayr. ⚓
UPDATE: The Navy Vets will face Pittsburgh again on Sunday night @ 7pm in the tournament Finals !!
