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The Sudbury Wolves won their opening game of the Telus Cup Regionals in Ottawa Monday by a 4-2 score over the London Jr. Knights.  Today the Wolves play the Vaughan Kings at 4:45 who defeated the Ottawa Jr Senators 4-1 on opening day. The other games scores were: Ottawa Valley Titans 3 and the Ottawa Jr. 67's 2, the London Jr. Knights 4 and Ajax-Pickering 3.

 

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The Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves defeated the North Stars this afternoon by a score of  7 - 5 to win the Great North Midget League Championship.

Scoring for the North Stars were:

1. David Quesnele from Nicholas Romano and Christopher Buonomo at 12:28 of the first period on the power play.

2. Tyler Evoy from Bronson Kovacs and Alex Cruise at 15:41 of the second period on the power play.

3. Zac LaRue from Luke O'Brien at 13:31 of the third period.

4. Luke O'Brien from Nicholas Romano and Zac Larue at 6:23 of the third period.

5. Bronson Kovacs from Zac LaRue at 1:38 of the third period on the power play.

 

Justin Hogsden was in goal for the North Stars.

 

The North Stars would like to thank all of their sponsors, parents, fans and local media for all of their support this hockey season.

The Sault Ste. Marie North Stars won game three tonight in the Great North Midget League Championship series over the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves by a score of 4 - 1.  That now leaves the series 2 games to one in favour of the Wolves.  Game four is tomorrow Sunday March 22 at 2:00pm at the John Rhodes Arena.

Scoring for the North Stars were:

1. David Quesnele from Tyler Evoy and Anthony Marasco at 8:04 of the first period while short handed.

2. Kurtis Travaglini from Christopher Buonomo and Tyler Evoy at 1:31 of the first period on the power play.

3. Bronson Kovacs from Christopher Buonomo and Tyler Evoy at 1:04 of the first period on the power play.

4. Bronson Kovacs from Luke O'Brien and Zac LaRue at 00:44 of the second period.

 

Justin Hogsden was in goal for the North Stars.

 

Sudbury's lone goal was scored by Kylian Kirkwood from Ryan Johnston and Alex Cooper at 13:22 of the third period on the power play.

 

The North Stars had 26 minutes in penalties to Sudbury's 18.

The North Stars were defeated this afternoon in Sudbury by a score of 9 - 4.  Sudbury now leads the best of five series 2 games to 0.

Scoring for the North Stars were:

1. Tyler Hawdon from Luke O'Brien at 16:43 of the first period.

2. Kurtis Travaglini from Zac LaRue and Tyler Evoy at 9:17 of the first on the power play.

3. Kurtis Travaglini from Bronson Kovacs and Dylan Connolly at 2:43 of the second on the power play.

4. Michael Schug from Tyler Evoy and Bronson Kovacs at 5:55 of the third period on the power play.

 

Next action in the series is back in the Sault at the Rhodes Arena Saturday March 22 at 7:00pm.

On the road in Sudbury tonight the North Stars lost game one of the best of five championship series by a score of 5 - 2.  The North Stars were the first on the score board at the 7:11 mark of the first period.  Sudbury tied the score at the 2:03 mark of the first period on the power play.  Sudbury then scored at the 0:54 mark of the third period to go into the dressing room after two with a two to one lead.  The North Stars scored at the 16:16 mark of the third to tie the game at two apiece.  At the 15:22 mark the Wolves went ahead again and then scored at the 7:34 mark.  With Sudbury killing a five minute major the North Stars pulled starting goalie Justin Hogsden for an extra attacker.  Sudbury scored an empty netter at the 0:49 mark to win 5 - 2.

 

Scoring for the North Stars were:

1. Zac LaRue from Dylan Connolly and Luke O'Brien at 7:11 of the first period.

2. Luke O'Brien from Zac LaRue and Christopher Buonomo at 16:16 of the third period.

 

Scoring for Sudbury were:

1. Deven Stillar from Stefan Herrington at 2:03 of the first period on the power play.

2. Kyllian Kirkwood unassisted at 0:54 of the second period.

3. Mathieu Lecours from Ryan Johnston and Devin Lockeyer at 15:22 of the third period.

4. Deven Stillar unassisted at 7:34 of the third period.

5. Mathieu Lecours from Ryan Johnston at 0:49 of the third into an empty net.

 

Next action is tomorrow at 2:50pm at Countryside Arena here in Sudbury.

This weekend starts the highly anticipated Great North Midget League Championship series between the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves and the 4 time Great North Midget League Champion Sault Ste. Marie North Stars.  Sudbury had a small edge in the six regular season games played between the two teams.  The North Stars defeated the Wolves twice and had a tie, while the Wolves won three of the games. 

 

Both teams are fairly closely matched and the best 3 of 5 series will likely come down to special teams, the power play and the penalty kill will be a determining factor throughout the series.  The North Stars are healthy with the exception of second year defenceman Josh Cerasuolo who is out for the year with a shoulder injury.

 

The series begins in Sudbury on Saturday night with game one at the Countryside Arena at 7:20pm, game two goes Sunday at 2:50pm at the Countryside.  The series then shifts to the confines of the John Rhodes Arena in Sault Ste. Marie with a pair of games, Saturday March 22 at 7:00pm and Sunday March 23 at 2:00pm.

The North Stars won game three of the best of five series here in Timmins tonight by a score of 4 - 3.  Scoring for the North Stars were:

1. Kurtis Travaglini from Michael Schug and David Quesnele at 14:15 of the first period.

2. Bronson Kovacs from Zac LaRue and Christopher Buonomo at 11:16 of the second on the power play.

3. Michael Schug from Zac LaRue and Luke O'Brien at 5:46 of the second period.

4. Luke O'Brien from Zac LaRue and Christopher Buonomo at 2:16 of the third period.

 

Remo Febbraro was in goal for the North Stars

 

Scoring for Timmins were:

1. Tyler McGee from Eric Allarie and Aaron Martyn at 2:54 of the second period on the power play.

2. Byron Katapaytuk from Ryan Ouellet and Justin Lafleur at 1:40 of the second period on the power play.

3. Ryan Wildman from Michael Fink and Eric Allaire at 4:00 of the third period.

 

Around the league the Sudbury Nickel Capital Wolves defeated the North Bay Trappers in North Bay tonight by a score of  7 - 4 to eliminate the Trappers three games to none.

 

That now sets up the Great North Midget League Final starting in Sudbury next weekend with a pair of games;  Saturday March 15 at 7:20 and Sunday March 16 at 2:50pm, both at the Countryside Arena 

The North Stars defeated the Timmins Majors this afternoon by a score of  7 - 2.  The win gives the North Stars a commanding two games to none lead in the best of five series.  The series shifts to Timmins next weekend for a Saturday evening game and Sunday afternoon if necessary.  Scoring four power play goals the Stars took advantage of the poor discipline shown by the Majors who took 48 minutes in penalties compared to 16 for the North Stars.  Scoring for the North Stars were:

 

1. Luke O'Brien from Zac LaRue and Tanner Rutland at 10:42 of the first period.

2. Luke O'Brien from Dylan Connolly and Zac LaRue at 7:11 of the first period on the power play.

3. David Quesnele from Kurtis Travaglini and Bronson Kovacs at 19:50 of the second period.

4. Kurtis Travaglini from Bronson Kovacs and Zac LaRue at 18:42 of the third period on the power play.

5. Zac LaRue from Christopher Buonomo and Bronson Kovacs at 8:02 of the third period on the power play.

6. Tyler Hawdon from Zac LaRue and Luke O'Brien at 5:26 of the third period on the power play.

7. Luke O'Brien from Zac LaRue and Tyler Hawdon at 4:48 of the third period.