In a night
that paid tribute to boys of fall before the game, it was the boys of winter
that took over the front stage. Jeremiah Addison scored 2 goals and added an
assist to lead the Ottawa 67’s to an 8-2 victory over the visiting Sudbury Wolves.
The 67’s hope to accomplish what the Ottawa RedBlacks did in the playoffs last
season and that’s to make it to the championship finals. This win snaps their
4-game winless streak and gets them one step closer to the playoffs.
In the
past 4 games, the 67’s have struggled to score goals, get shots on net, and
play a full 60-minutes but they didn’t have that problem tonight. The 67’s scored
8 goals, outshot the Wolves 37-15 and played the full 60-minutes.
““I
think it was good hockey. We played a complete game,” said Jeremiah Addison. “We
just got to keep going and build off this.”
Addison,
who earned 3 points on the night, has seen a lot of success against this
struggling Wolves team lately. In the last four games against the Wolves, he’s tallied
6 goals and 2 assists to lead the team. He scored the game winning goal 16:18
into the first period.
The 67’s
got off to a tremendous start. Jacob Middleton, Austen Keating, Jeremiah
Addison and Dante Salituro all capitalized on their opportunities exploding
with 4 goals in the first period.
But the
67’s didn’t stop there.
Early in
the second Mikkel Aagaard was given 6-minutes for a check from behind on
Addison. Addison was slow to get up and went right to the dressing room. The 67’s
made the Wolves pay when Artur Tyanulin scored his 11th goal of the
season. Later in the period, Addison returned to the ice and scored a goal to
give the 67’s a commanding 6-0 lead.
Leo
Lazarev only had to make 13 saves for the win but his shutout bid was ruined by
Alan Lyszczarcyk midway through the third period. The Wolves would add another
goal a couple minutes later, but they were unable to make any major damage.
“When
you see them make mistakes, it’s frustrating whether you’re up 8-0 or down 8-0,”
said 67’s head coach Jeff Brown who felt his team let his goaltender hang to dry
in the final 5 minutes. “Obviously nice winning a game like that but again it’s
the process and we got to do things differently obviously with London coming in
tomorrow.”
The 67’s
added two goals from Trent Mallette and Chase Campbell in the third period to
round out their scoring. They are right back at it again tomorrow to host the
London Knights in an afternoon matinée. The 67’s will need to carry tonight’s
play into tomorrow in order to have a chance against one of the best offenses
in the league.
Game summary
here.
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