Press Release
NORTH BAY – A trio of second period tallies helped propel the Soo Thunderbirds to a 3-2 victory over the North Bay Trappers Friday evening in game 1 of their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League finals for the Copeland Cup-McNamara Trophy at Memorial Gardens.
Following a scoreless opening period the Thunderbirds got on the board 43 seconds into the middle stanza just moments after a North Bay penalty.
Adam Ritchie extended the lead to 2-0 six minutes later as he beat Trappers starter Greg Dodds with an unassisted effort.
The Trappers got on the board at 16:01 of the session as Brennen Dubchak notched a man advantage marker to pick up his seventh point of the postseason.
Sault Ste. Marie would answer back however with just 44 seconds left in the period as Anthony Miller potted the eventual game-winner.
North Bay got a late goal from Connor Gilmartin in the third to pull within one, but that’s as close as they would get as time ran out.
NOJHL rookie of the year Joel Horodziejczyk turned aside 29 of 31 shots he faced to pick up the victory while Dodds faced 23 shots in a losing cause for the Trappers.
With the win the Thunderb
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Saturday, April 13, 2013
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