A five-point night by freshman Kris Hogg led the No. 8 Lakehead Thunderwolves mens hockey team to an 8-3 win over the Royal Military College Paladins Saturday night at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay. The Wolves go to 14-3-1 in conference play (18-7-1 overall while RMC is now 7-12 in OUA play.
Hogg contined his hot offense picking up 2 goals and 3 assists Saturday night to go with a hat trick in Lakeheads 8-2 win over RMC Friday night. Assistant captain Tobias Whelan also remained hot; adding a goal and 3 assists Saturday to his goal and two assists recorded on Friday.
Brad Priestlay, Matt Maisonneuve, and Andy Zulyniak each had a goal and an assist with single tallies coming from Mike Wehrstedt and Mark Soares. Richard Molenaar added two assists.
Roman Srutek had a strong game for the Paladins; notching a goal and 2 assists. Single goals came from Ian Miller and Michael Soros.
Lakehead freshman netminder Kyle Moir took the win while RMCs Adam Briggs was hit with the loss. The Wolves were 2-7 on the powerplay while RMC scored all their goals with the man advantage; going 3-5.
The game was much faster and entertaining than Fridays match; and although RMC played a much better game; Lakehead too picked up its game and the result was similar to Fridays. Lakehead outshot RMC 33-16 on the night.
The Molsons Three Stars, as chosen by Bryan Wyatt of CKPR FM Radio, were:
1)Lakehead: Kris Hogg
2)Lakehead: Tobias Whelan
3)RMC: Roman Srutek
The Wolves return to action next weekend at home when they welcome former Head Coach Pete Belliveau and his Windsor Lancers to the Fort William Gardens for a key divisional series.
RMC 3 at Lakehead 8 - Jan 12, 2008
1st Period
Scoring
1. Lakehead, K. Hogg (10) (T. Whelan, A. Zulyniak) 6:45
2. Lakehead, M. Wehrstedt (3) (K. Hogg) 8:50 PP
3. Lakehead, M. Soares (8) (D. Speer) 10:14
4. RMC, M. Soros (9) (R. Srutek, M. Fetzner) 11:44 PP
Penalties - E. Burton Rmc (match penalty, game misconduct) 5:09, M. Maunu Lak (cross checking) 5:09, M. Fetzner Rmc (cross checking) 8:42, A. Brown Lak (hooking) 8:42, J. Smith Lak (cross checking) 10:26, D. Kivell Lak (roughing) 10:56, A. Brown Lak (hooking) 14:15
2nd Period
Scoring
5. Lakehead, A. Zulyniak (3) (T. Whelan, K. Hogg) 7:28
6. Lakehead, K. Hogg (11) (T. Whelan, Jordan C. Smith) 9:41
7. Lakehead, T. Whelan (4) (K. Hogg, A. Zulyniak) 15:59
8. Lakehead, B. Priestlay (2) (M. Maisonneuve, R. Molenaar) 16:27
Penalties - B. McPherson Lak (high sticking) 4:21, K. Hogg Lak (high sticking) 7:34, A. McCuish Rmc (10-minute misconduct) 13:52, L. Pierce Rmc (holding) 13:52, J. Smith Lak (10-minute misconduct) 13:52, R. Srutek Rmc (slashing) 17:10, D. Fetzner Rmc (cross checking) 17:39, D. Welsh Lak (holding) 19:03
3rd Period
Scoring
9. Lakehead, M. Maisonneuve (2) (B. Priestlay, R. Molenaar) 4:55 PP
10. RMC, I. Miller (4) (R. Srutek, P. Bradley) 13:42 PP
11. RMC, R. Srutek (5) (L. Pierce, M. Fetzner) 18:14 PP
Penalties - J. Oke Rmc (tripping) 4:18, J. Oke Rmc (holding) 9:21, P. Guilbault Lak (charging) 11:46, M. Jacques Lak (high sticking) 13:35, M. Soros Rmc (tripping) 14:27, P. Guilbault Lak (inter. on goaltender) 16:59
RMC Shots: 8 6 2 TOTAL: 16
LAK Shots: 17 15 1 TOTAL: 33
Power Play Conversion
RMC 3-9. Lakehead 2-7.
Goaltenders
RMC
Hartney 3-4-0-2 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 0:00 SV: 16 GA: 1
Briggs 4-8-0-0 Start: 1st 8:00 Min: 32:00 SV: 9 GA: 7 [L]
Lakehead
Moir 4-3-0-1 Start: 1st 0:00 Min: 60:00 SV: 13 GA: 3 [W]