Wolves Beat the Petes
The Sudbury Wolves won their sixth consecutive game as they travelled to Peterborough on Saturday night and walked away with a 4-3 shoot-out victory.
The Wolves needed some late game heroics as the Wolves trailed 3-2 with just over a minute remaining. NICK BAPTISTE made a great move at the Petes blueline and directed the puck at the net. Linemate NATHAN PANCEL tipped the shot and scored the big goal to send the game into overtime. It was Pancel’s team-leading 20th goal of the season for the Ottawa native.
PANCEL got things going for the Wolves in the first period as he scored on the power play to give the Wolves a 1-0 lead. CAMPAGNA’s assist improved his league-leading point streak to 18 games. The Petes tied the game on the power play late in the period to send the teams to their dressing room tied at one.
CAMPAGNA scored the only goal in the second period on a nice pass from Pancel. JEFF CORBETT made a great play at the Petes blueline to keep the puck in before Pancel spotted a wide-open Campagna who made no mistake from the slot area.
The Petes scored twice in the third period to take a 3-2 lead before Pancel’s late game heroics with just over one minute left on the clock. The Petes carried the play in overtime before DOMINIK KAHUN and FRANKY PALAZZESE won the game in the shoot-out for the Wolves. KAHUN scored the only shoot-out goal while PALAZZESE looked brilliant stopping all three Petes’ shooters.
Shots on goal were 40-38 in favour of the Wolves. MATHEW CAMPAGNA was named as the game’s 2nd star.
The Wolves will now head to Brampton for a Sunday afternoon tilt. The Wolves are currently riding a 12-game point streak where the team has picked up points in each of their last 12 games. The Wolves are just two points back of the Niagara IceDogs who sit in 4th place in the Eastern Conference.
