2 weeks Ago By Leith Dunick
THUNDER BAY – In the end, it was too little, too late for the Lakehead Thunderwolves. The T-Wolves spotted the Toronto Metropolitan bold a six-goal lead on Saturday night, on home ice, and dropped a second straight game to a team that entered their weekend trek to Fort William Gardens with one win in six games, falling 6-2. Ian Martin, Joe Rupoli and Connor Bowie scored in the first 9:35 of the contest – Martin in the first 10 seconds, to be exact – and had control of the game from the outset.
Jaden Condotta added a goal to the lead in the second period and Bowie and Kevin Gursoy scored 55 seconds apart early in the third to put the game completely out of reach. Nicolas DeGrazia finally snapped Kai Edmonds’ shutout bid, scoring his third of the season at 14:52 of the final stanza. Justin Paul added a second LU goal, his fifth of the season, but it wasn’t enough as the Wolves dropped back to .
500 at 3-3-1. Carson Cherepak stopped 24 of 30 shots, with Eric Vanska serving as his backup on the bench. Edmonds faced 29 Lakehead shots, stopping 37.
The Wolves head to Nipissing on Nov. 2 before returning home for four straight against Nipissing and Guelph..
