Greater Sudbury Cubs goalie Noah Beaulne reaches around behind him to sweep the puck out of his crease with his catching glove before Rock forward Thomas Beard can knock it into the net during the first period of Friday night’s NOJHL contest at the Archie Dillon Sportsplex. Beaulne lost his glove on the play, but he was able to keep the puck out of the net and the Cubs went on to defeat the Rock 3-1, extending Timmins’ losing skid to three games. THOMAS PERRY/THE DAILY PRESS jpg, TD, apsmc
TIMMINS, Ont. – A Tannen Iserhoff marker, early in the middle stanza, held up as the game-winner Friday as the Greater Sudbury Cubs got past the Timmins Rock 3-1 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair held at the Archie Dillon Sportsplex.
The NOJHL’s leading goal-getter got Greater Sudbury going nearly eight minutes into the match-up as Lucas Signoretti notched his 17th of the season with a sharp-angle chance that got past Timmins starter Dryden Riley.
Moving to the second period, the Cubs went up by a pair at 3:49 as a Rock dump in attempt bounced back off the stanchion that allowed a three-man break the other way and saw Iserhoff whip in a Ben Harris feed.
Heading to the third, a man advantage effort helped Timmins finally solve Greater Sudbury netminder Noah Beaulne when Alexis Tremblay jammed in a rebound off a Clark Scaddan attempt at 5:15.
Late in regulation, the Rock got Riley to the bench for an extra attacker, but the Cubs’ Jacob Lamoureux snagged a clearing attempt from teammate Mason Chitaroni and slid it in the empty with 40 seconds remaining to finalize the outcome.
The win moves Greater Sudbury’s record to 15-2-1-1 while in defeat, Timmins falls to 10-7-0-0.
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