Wolves can’t overcome Battalion
The Sudbury Wolves took on their divisional rivals in the Brampton Battalion at the Sudbury Arena on Friday night. Despite some late pressure, the Wolves were unable to net the equalizer and were defeated by the Battalion by a final score of 3 – 2.
The Wolves were looking to build of their momentum from last weekend while the Battalion were looking to rebound from their loss to the Missisauga Majors the night before.
It didn’t take long for the Battalion to get on the board as Stephon Thorne scored at the 4:02 minute mark of the opening frame. The Wolves responded just passed the halfway point with a powerplay marker by JOSH MCFADDEN, who was assisted by MICHAEL SGARBOSSA and FRANK CORRADO. The Battalion regained the one goal lead just a few minutes later after a goal by Michael Santini. The Battalion outshot the Wolves 14 – 4 in the first period.
The Wolves once again tied the contest early in the second period with a powerplay goal from ERIC O’DELL, and assisted by MARCUS FOLIGNO and MCFADDEN. The Wolves outshot the Battalion 14 – 8 in the middle frame but were unable to gain the lead.
The Battalion scored their go ahead goal and eventual winner when Thorne netted his second goal of the night early in the third period. The Wolves looked to comeback once again but Brampton netminder Cody St. Jacques closed the door and kept out all of the Wolves 16 shots to lead the Battalion to the 3 – 2 win.
Sudbury Wolves netminder ALAIN VALIQUETTE made 25 saves for the loss.
NOTES: The Wolves only needed their penalty killing unit one time as they were only assessed one minor penalty in the game….Meanwhile, the powerplay line scored 2 goals on 6 tries…..The winner of the 50/50 was Bryan Keith of Sudbury…..The game’s Molson Three Stars were Phillip Lane (1), Josh McFadden (2), Cody St. Jacques (3).
The Wolves will look to rebound as they head out on the road to finish the weekend with stops in Peterborough and Oshawa. You can catch the live call of the action by tuning into the STEW KERNAN and TODD GALE on 95.5 KFM or on the cybercast here.
