SAN ANTONIO, TX – Mathieu Darche scored two goals, including the overtime game-winner, with less than a second remaining giving the Sharks their sixth consecutive win, 3-2 at San Antonio. Graham Mink scored the other Worcester goal helping the team move into sole possession of third place in the Atlantic Division standings.

For the third time in his illustrious career, San Antonio’s Donald MacLean scored 30-goals in a season. He reached the plateau just 1:56 into the opening frame for the period’s only goal. Alex Leavitt and Chris Ferraro assisted on the goal, the Rampage’s 29th time this season that they have registered the game’s opening goal. Thomas Greiss, extending his franchise record appearance streak to 16 games, made six saves as the Sharks out-shot San Antonio 8-7 in the opening stanza. Josh Tordjman made all eight saves for San Antonio in his 32nd appearance of the year.

A dominant effort in the second period led to the Sharks tying the game 1-1 through forty minutes. Mathieu Darche tied his career high for goals in a season with his 32nd at the 14:44 mark on an assist from Tom Cavanagh. Worcester out shot San Antonio 13-4 in the period for a 21-11 lead in shots after two periods of action. The period was a quick moving twenty minutes featuring just one minor penalty to the Rampage.

Trading goals in the third period set up overtime heroics for the Sharks win. Chris Ferraro gave his San Antonio team a one-goal lead at the 9:33 mark on a power play goal, his ninth of the year. But, the Sharks were able to battle back on a deflection goal from Graham Mink with 3:32 left in regulation. Mink’s score was delivered on a deflection from a wrist shot of Garrett Stafford during a delayed penalty against San Antonio that brought an extra Sharks skater on to the ice.

The overtime period saw both teams make some critical errors leading to scoring chances at both ends during the five minutes sudden death session. The Rampage, defending a Sharks scoring chance, took a penalty with 36-seconds remaining setting up power play heroics for the Sharks. Mathieu Darche, on a set up from Garrett Stafford and Tom Walsh, potted the game-winner and second of the night with less than a second remaining to win it 3-2. The goal for Darche was a career high for a season with 33 and gave the Sharks sole possession of third place with their sixth consecutive win.

Saturday night at 8:30pm (EST) the Sharks will face off with the Houston Aeros for the second and final time this year. The broadcast will be heard live, including the Pre-Game Warm Up Show at 8:00 p.m., on the voice of the Sharks, NewsTalk 580-WTAG.