Privateers stumble at home, lose to Dashers

ALEXANDRIA BAY — Despite scoring first, the Thousand Islands Privateers dropped their final regular-season home game to Federal Hockey League opponent Danville, 5-2, in front of 328 fans at the Bonnie Castle Arena on Thursday.

Former Privateers forward Brad Townsend started Danville’s comeback with a goal at 7 minutes, 31 seconds of the first period. Matt Cohn and Ryan Stern added one goal apiece as the Dashers (6-32-3 overall) built a 3-1 edge by the period’s conclusion.

Cohn pushed it to 4-1 with his second goal, an empty-netter, at 2:45 of the second period. He finished off the hat trick with a goal at 2:20 of the third period.

Brendan Baumgartner and Eddy Martin Whelan scored for Thousand Islands (31-14-2), which finishes the season on the road at Akwesasne today and Saturday.

Thousand Islands has already secured a home playoff series, which will be held the following weekend.

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