Corey Belisle scored twice and Matt Anthony stopped 33 shots as the Thousand Islands Privateers defeated the first-place Dayton Demonz, 4-2, snapping the Demonz’s 12-game winning streak in a Federal Hockey League game at the Watertown Municipal Ice Arena on Thursday night.

Jamie Zaleski scored for Thousand Islands (20-25), which avenged a pair of weekend losses, including a 12-0 defeat on Saturday. Adam McAllister added an empty-net power-play goal for the Privateers, who beat the Demonz for the first time since Dec. 22.

Ahmed Mahfouz tallied both goals for Dayton (38-7), which lost for the first time since Jan. 12 when it fell to the now-defunct Williamsport Outlaws, 6-5.

Thousand Islands hosts the Danville Dashers tonight at 7:35 before heading to Danbury to face the Whalers on Saturday.

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