In front of 1173 fans the Lakehead Thunderwolves returned to play the Northland Lumberjacks (NCAA) at the Fort William Gardens after 614 days between games.
The Wolves did not disappoint either coming out of the gate flying scoring 3 goals in the first 4:10 of the first period. New comer Griffen Fox got the Wolves on the board after knocking the puck through the five hole of Northland netminder Chris Curr.
The Wolves kept their foot on the gas as 1st year forward Tyler Ho converted a pass from behind the net from new Captain Jordan King to put the Wolves up by 2.
Fifteen seconds later the Wolves netted a shorthanded marker as Troy Williams buried a rebound past Curr into the yawning cage to put the Wolves up 3-0.
Northland would take advantage of some powerplay opportunities to pull within 1 as Jake Lamberty and Eddie Gallagher would get the puck by Wolves netminder Blake Weyrick to pull Northland within 1.
Northland's Eric Honold would score 44 seconds into the second period on Wolves goalie Brock Aiken who came in at the start of the period to tie the game 3-3.
The Wolves would take the lead for good when Tyler Ho would net his 2nd goal of the game flipping a Dexter Kuczek pass over the left pad of Northland goalie Chris Curr to make it 4-3.
The game was a rough one as Lakehead picked up 50 Min and Northland 24 Min.
Brock Aiken would pick up the win for the Wolves in net.
Molson/5 Forks 3 Stars of the Game:
- Tyler Ho - Lakehead
- Griffen Fox - Lakehead
- Troy Williams - Lakehead
Lakehead plays Northland Saturday Night to conclude the 2 game series.