The event featured four teams, including the Soo Thunderbirds, the Soo Eagles, the Elliot Lake Vikings, and the Espanola Paper Kings
The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League exhibition season kicked off for four teams at Sault Ste. Marie’s John Rhodes Community Centre.
The four-team event featured the host Soo Thunderbirds, the Soo Eagles, the Elliot Lake Vikings, and the Espanola Paper Kings. The weekend opened with a pair of early games on Saturday in which the Thunderbirds beat the Eagles by a 2-1 margin in overtime and the Paper Kings blanked the Vikings by a 2-0 score.
In the opener, Lucas DiBerardino scored the overtime winner, beating Eagles goaltender Jace Knoerle with 2:34 to go in the extra frame.Theodore Schubert had the lone goal for the Eagles.Luke Hill and Carter Drigo scored for Espanola.Labelle, Jacob Smith, Espen Escasa, and Caleb Walker scored for the Thunderbirds in the game.The final game of the day saw the Eagles skate to a 6-4 win over the Paper Kings.
Cooper Fredericks scored twice for the Eagles while Evan Hoglund, Jack Ohlund, Alex Povorozniouk, and Tyler Fortson also scored.The weekend tournament wraps up Sunday with the Thunderbirds facing the Paper Kings in the early game and the Vikings and Eagles clashing in game two.
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