Wolves fall to IceDogs
The new look Sudbury Wolves began their first of many 3 in 3 weekends on Friday night as they hosted the Niagara Ice Dogs. The Pack jumped out to an early 2 – 0 lead, but the IceDogs responded and eventually went on to win the game by a final score of 5 – 2.
The Wolves came out strong in the first half of the first period when BRODY SILK (DEREK SCHOENMAKERS, CHARLIE DODERO) and MICHAEL SGARBOSSA (JOSH LEIVO) put the home team up 2 – 0. The IceDogs responded with two goals of their own in the back half of the frame from Ryan Strome and Freddie Hamilton.
The IceDogs took the 3 – 2 lead early in the second period on a goal from Tom Kuhnhackl, and cemented the win with a goal by Freddie Hamilton and an empty-net marker from Andrew Agozzino in the third period to win the game by a final score of 5 – 2.
JOHAN MATTSSON ended with a solid night in goal making 34 saves in the loss, while his counterpart Christopher Festarini made 19 saves for the win.
The game’s three stars were: 1st Star – Dougie Hamilton, 2nd Star – Freddie Hamilton, 3rd Star – DEREK SCHOENMAKERS. The DICKIES HARDEST WORKING PLAYER was awarded to newcomer MICHAEL KANTOR.
The game marked the debut of recently acquired MICHAEL KANTOR and MACKENZIE BRAID in the lineup.
The Wolves will now head out on the road to wrap up the weekend with a stop in Belleville on Saturday night, and the final stop in Oshawa on Sunday evening. Be sure to tune into Stew Kernan and KFM 95.5 radio and cybercast.
