Brampton might not be making the playoffs but that didn\u2019t stop them from handing Sudbury a 6-3 loss<\/p>\n
The Sudbury Wolves might have claimed the eighth and final playoff spot in the Ontario Hockey League\u2019s Eastern Conference, but that didn\u2019t stop them from losing 6-3 to the no-longer-in-playoff-contention Brampton Steelheads in a road game yesterday.<\/p>\n
The Steelheads came away with the 6-3 victory, causing the Wolves to fall to a record of 26 wins, 38 regulation losses, and two overtime losses with two games left to play in the regular season.<\/p>\n
Paolo Frasca was the starting goaltender on the road for the Sudbury Wolves while Zach Bowen got the home start for the Brampton Steelheads.<\/p>\n
Just over five minutes into the first period, Ty Daniels scored his second goal of the season with a scrambled play right in front of Frasca, assisted by Sam Black and Lachlan Larmand, putting Brampton in front 1-0.<\/p>\n
At the 11:34 mark of the opening period, with Sudbury\u2019s Genc Ula serving a minor penalty for interference, Mason Roy scored on the power play, his fourth goal of the season, with a shot from the left faceoff circle, assisted by Keaton Ardagh and Peter Green, giving the Steelheads a 2-0 lead after the first period.<\/p>\n
Just 2:21 into the second, Owen Cartwright scored his third goal of the season with a slap shot from the high slot area, assisted by William Eggleton and Matej Stankoven, giving the Steelheads a comfortable 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n
With David Green serving a minor penalty for tripping at the 7:29 mark of the middle frame, Julian DeMiglio scored short-handed on a breakaway, his 14th goal of the season, assisted by Peter Green, increasing Brampton\u2019s lead to 4-0.<\/p>\n
After the fourth Steelheads goal, Wolves Head Coach Scott Barney put Bjorn Bronas in net in place of Frasca.<\/p>\n
At the 12:02 mark of the second period, Stankoven scored his eighth goal of the season on another breakaway, assisted by Ardagh, giving Brampton a sizable 5-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Just a minute and two seconds later, the Wolves finally got on the scoreboard with Jan Chovan\u2019s 27th goal of the season, a backhand shot past Bowen, assisted by Daniel Berehowsky and Adam Nemec, making the score 5-1 for the Steelheads heading into the third period.<\/p>\n
With 6:05 remaining in the third, and with Troy Patton serving a minor penalty for high sticking, Adam Nemec scored on the power play, goal No. 13 on the season, with a shot on a wide open net after Chovan\u2019s initial chance, assisted by Jean-Christoph Lemieux and and Berehowsky, cutting Brampton\u2019s lead to 5-2.<\/p>\n
Sudbury made the score even closer at the 15:21 mark of the third period with Artem Gonchar\u2019s 15th goal of the season, a shot from the defensive point, assisted by Chovan, cutting Brampton\u2019s lead to 5-3.<\/p>\n
The Steelheads sealed the victory at the 17:27 mark of the third, with an empty net goal scored by Stankoven, his second goal of the game, assisted by Green and Carter Hicks, for a final score of 6-3.<\/p>\n
The Pack returns home on Friday for a rematch against Brampton, with puck drop scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Then, the regular season wraps up with a 2 p.m. matinee match on Sunday in North Bay against the Battalion.<\/p>\n