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Sudbury wins 5-2 over North Bay



The Sudbury Wolves used three unanswered goals in the 3rd period to dispatch the Battalion from North Bay in front of a home crowd of 4,266 fans. North Bay forwards Adam Thilander and Daniil Verity scored goals sandwiched between a single Sudbury goal heading into the second period. The Wolves would then go on to score the games final four goals to take the game and help their playoff seeding. Sudbury was led offensively by Forward DmitrySokolov (3 goals, 1 assist) and Patrick Sanvido (1 goal) and rookie goaltender Jake McGrath stopped 27 of 29 shots for the win. North Bay goaltender JullianSime stopped 37 of 41 shots in the loss and the Battalion were outshot 42-29 in the game. Even with the win, Sudbury still lost the season series against this North Bay team going 3-3-1 against them this year. North Bay has already been eliminated from playoff contention this season but Sudbury still has a chance at either the 6th, 7th, or 8th seed to make the playoffs.  This was North Bay’s last game of the season, while Sudbury has two games left on March 18th and March 21st against Niagara and Mississauga respectively.


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