Hounds nipped by Wolves

By Ken Hilderley (Sootoday.com)
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rThe Soo Greyhounds hit the ice after better than a week off for the holiday break on Tuesday night.
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rThe Sudbury Wolves built a quick 2-0 lead and never looked back in a 4-2 win over the Hounds in the Nickel City.
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rVern Cooper scored his 14th of the year for the Greyhounds while Jake Carrick potted his 10th.
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rEric O'Dell scored twice for the Wolves with singles going to Kain Allicock and John Kurtz.
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rBryce O'Hagan made the start in goal for the Hounds and faced 28 shots. Andrew Loverock picked up the win stopping 19 of 21 shots.
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rThe teams will meet again in the second half of a home-and-home series on Thursday, New Year's Eve, at 4 p.m. at the Essar Centre.
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rGAME SUMMARY:
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rSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 2 At Sudbury Wolves 4
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rSudbury Community Arena
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r1st Period
r1, Sudbury, Allicock 4 (Foligno, Leitans-Rinke), 1:56. 2, Sudbury, Kurtz 21 4:47 (pp). 3, Sault Ste. Marie, Cooper 14 (Livingston), 9:43.
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rPenalties-Beukeboom Ssm (interference), 4:24; Kontos Sby (slashing), 5:28; Maggio Sby (interference), 11:16; Cooper Ssm (slashing), 11:44; Muzzin Ssm (roughing), 16:52; Staal Sby (roughing), 16:52; O'Dell Sby (high sticking), 19:25.
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r2nd Period
r4, Sudbury, O'Dell 19 (Reese, McFadden), 2:53 (pp). 5, Sault Ste. Marie, Carrick 10 (Cousins), 5:23. 6, Sudbury, O'Dell 20 (VanLaren, Kurtz), 11:59.
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rPenalties-Carroll Ssm (hooking), 2:19; Muzzin Ssm (cross checking), 2:53; Archibald Ssm (holding), 9:32; McFarland Sby (misc-mouth guard), 10:58; Cousins Ssm (tripping), 13:05; Dubchak Ssm (high sticking), 14:47; King Ssm (interference), 17:22.
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r3rd Period
rNo Scoring.
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rPenalties-Foligno Sby (boarding), 1:52; McFarland Sby (high sticking), 6:35; VanLaren Sby (hooking), 8:05; Thomas Ssm (check to the head), 16:45.
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rShots on Goal
rSault Ste. Marie 7-5-9-21. Sudbury 11-10-7-28.
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rPower Play Opportunities
rSault Ste. Marie 0 of 6; Sudbury 2 of 9.
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rGoalies
rSault Ste. Marie, O'Hagan 7-9-1-0 (28 shots-24 saves). Sudbury, Loverock 10-7-1-2 (21 shots-19 saves).
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rAttendance – 4,181
rReferees – Joe Park (27), Ryan Carroll (9).
rLinesmen – Frank Rocca (38), T.J. Foster (55).