Wednesday Highlights: Canines clash

Wednesday January 6, 2016

Wednesday went to the dogs as the Wolves, IceDogs, Bulldogs and Greyhounds were all in action.

A pair of Central Division teams in Niagara and Sudbury took victories on a Wednesday night clash of the canines in the OHL.

Here’s Wednesday’s action at a glance.

NIAGARA 5 HAMILTON 3 – What began as a 3-0 IceDogs lead after one period eventually became evened back up at three as the Hamilton Bulldogs clawed back before surrendering a pair of late goals in a 5-3 loss to Niagara. Jordan Maletta scored a pair of goals including the winner for Niagara while veterans Josh Ho-Sang and Aaron Haydon each had a pair of assists. Rookie goaltender Stephen Dhillon made 26 saves in goal for the IceDogs. The Bulldogs had a pair of goals from Mason Marchment as they suffered their fourth straight loss. Niagara pulls to within two points of first place in the Central Division with the victory.
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SUDBURY 6 SAULT STE. MARIE 4 – The Sudbury Wolves edged their northern rivals the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 6-4 behind a pair of goals from Mikkel Aagaard. Ryan Valentini, Brady Pataki, Danny Desrochers and Ben Garagan also scored while defenceman Kyle Capobianco had a pair of assists as the Wolves won their ninth game of the season and fourth in the last 10 games. Sault Ste. Marie standout Zachary Senyshyn scored twice to increase his season goal total to 26 while Gabe Guertler had a goal and an assist and rookie blueliner Conor Timmins had two helpers.
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