Wolves Edged by Colts
The Sudbury Wolves travelled to the Barrie Molson Centre for the first time this season to take on their Central Division Rivals, the Barrie Colts. Despite battling the entire game, the Wolves ended up on the losing end of the 5 – 3 contest.
The Colts opened the scoring in the first period on a powerplay marker by rookie Aaron Ekblad. The Colts added to their lead with a goal by Ivan Telegin to take the 2 – 0 lead into the first intermission.
The Wolves cut the lead in half in the second frame with a powerplay goal of their own from newly-appointed captain MICHAEL MACDONALD (MATHEW CAMPAGNA, KRISTOFF KONTOS) for his first goal of the year since returning from injury.
Trailing 2 – 1 heading into the third period, the Wolves continued to battle, however, the teams traded goals throughout the frame which gave the Colts the win by a final score of 5 – 3. Scoring for the Wolves were ADAM RESTOULE (ANDREY KUCHIN, BRODY SILK) for his first of the season, and MICHAEL SGARBOSSA (JOSH LEIVO) with a powerplay marker for his 11th goal of the year.
JOHAN MATTSSON returned to the net after having last weekend off, and made 22 saves in the loss. Colts netminder Mathias Niederberger had a solid night making 30 saves for the win.
The Wolves will look to rebound on home ice Friday night as they host another Central Division rival in the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors. Game time is 7:35pm.
