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| ABBOTSFORD, B. Chris Andersen Cavaliers Jersey .C. -- Pascal Pelletier has been attempting to carry the Utica Comets on his back this season. He got some help from an unlikely source Saturday night. Pelletier scored in overtime and added an assist as the Comets defeated the Abbotsford Heat 4-3 in American Hockey League action. The Comets, who lost 10 straight games to start the season, have now won four of their past five, and its no coincidence that Pelletier has three goals and three assists in that span. "Hes our leader and we always count him to produce for us," said teammate Kellan Lain. "Anytime we can get secondary scoring, that helps out big because we rely heavily on those guys." Lain also provided some help with two goals -- the first of his professional career. "Hes one of the kids thats been improving a lot," said Pelletier of the six-foot-six centre. "Hes got a bit role on this team. Maybe the fans wont see what he does because hes a defensive kind of guy, blocking shots, winning face-offs, but on a hockey club the job that hes doing is huge. And hes going to fight and stick up for his teammates. "Hes a big part of our club and I think he has a bright future." Pelletiers goal ended the game in which the Heat scored first and the Comets blew leads of 2-1 and 3-2. The Labrador City, N.L., native one-timed a centring pass from Colin Stuart in the slot at 2:07 of the extra period. "I went down the middle and tried to hold on to it as much as I could to see what was going to happen and Stuart was flying on the wall. I passed it to him behind their D and he passed it back to me for a one-timer tap-in." Stuart also had a goal for the Comets. Joe Cannata made 33 saves to give him back-to-back victories. Though still last in the Western Conference, the win brings them out of the AHL cellar. "We struggled early in the season scoring goals so we emphasized putting pucks on the net, drive net and see what happens," said Pelletier. "We saw on the first goal, a shot on net tip, second goal was a scramble. The third and fourth were better plays, but in the AHL and the NHL youre scoring chances just starting with a shot." Ben Street had a goal and an assist for Abbotsford (17-6-2), who lost back-to-back games for the first time since Oct. 18 but hang on to first place in the league. Turner Elson and Josh Jooris also scored, both snapping extending scoring droughts. "Some days they havent done a damn thing and some days theyve been really good," said Heat coach Troy Ward of Elson and Jooris. "I was happy for them. Turners been competing, but he hasnt got as much ice time as others on this team. Hes a young guy kind of paying his dues. And if anybody needed a goal on our team, it was probably Josh Jooris in a lot of ways. His compete has been way higher of late, and hes got a bit of mojo playing with Ben Street." Joey MacDonald stopped 22 shots in net for the Heat. The Heat drew first blood at 10:37 of the first. Elson pounced on the rebound of a Chad Billins point shot, beating Cannata high blocker side, for his second of the year and first since Oct. 11. However, the Comets tied the game at 17:13. Yannick Webers point shot was deflected by Lain, with Patrick Mullen also providing a screen, giving Weber four points in four games since being demoted to the Comets by the Vancouver Canucks. The Comets took the lead at 16:24 of the second. Lain knocked Alex Biegas rebound past MacDonald. "Its definitely exciting," said Lain of finally scoring in his 32nd career AHL game. "Ive been working hard for it, and I had a lot of chances the first 20 or so games. But you just cant get down on yourself -- youve got to keep going, and I got some good bounces." The Heat had a goal disallowed with less than three minutes to play in the second. A Comets defenceman fell into Cannata, pushing the netminder with the puck across the goal-line. However it was ruled the player tripped on Jooris, who was driving past the net. Jooris made amends at the 3:51 mark of the third period. He took a great cross-ice feed from Street and found a little room short side on Cannata, giving him his first goal since the season opener, a span of 20 games. Stuart regained the Utica lead however less than two minutes later. He walked out of the left corner into the slot untouched and backhanded the puck over the sprawling netminder giving him five goals on the year. Street scored his team-leading 12th of the season at 9:07, blazing down the left wing on a power play before unleashing a slapshot blocker side from the face-off dot. "Theyre a good club," said Pelletier of the Heat. "They skate well and counter attack very well. We made a couple mistakes that cost us. 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Herman mixed five birdies with a bogey on his way to victory Stenson, sitting one off the pace following a third-round 66, followed a front-nine 34 with a 12-foot gain at the next to briefly claim the outright advantage, only for Herman to move back in a share of the lead at the next.After the pair exchanged birdies at the 13th, Stenson recovered from a missed par-save at the next to hole an 11-foot birdie at the 15th to rejoin Herman on 14 under. Stenson suffered another near-miss on the PGA Tour Momentum swung in Hermans favour when the American posted a chip-in birdie from off the 16th green, with pars over the final two holes enough to secure a landmark victory.It feels like Im a dreaming and I dont when its all going to sink in, Herman told Sky Sports. There are a lot of tears right now as Ive put in a lot of hard work, so Im pretty pleased. Jim Herman joined Nick Dougherty at the SkyCart to run through the final stages of his maiden PGA Tour win at the Shell Houston Open Stenson two-putted from 20 feet at the last to match Hermans round and, with Johnsons final-round 69 leaving him a further stroke back. Anderson Varejao Cavaliers Jersey. .A round-of-the-day 65 from Rafa Cabrera-Bello lifted the Spaniard in to fourth spot, while a birdie-filled 66 from Daniel Berger left the American tied-fifth with Russell Henley. Dustin Johnson closed with a three-under 69 World No 2 Jordan Spieth, in his final round before defending his Masters title on Thursday, briefly moved within one of the lead when he sank a 45-footer on his way to birdieing five of his opening seven holes.Spieth then bogeyed three in a four-hole stretch around the turn and found the water at the 12th, eventually closing seven strokes adrift after finding the hazard again in a double-bogey at the last. 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