Coming off a 1 – 1 weekend on October 23 – 24 to open the Great North Midget League 2021 regular season against the U16 Trappers in North Bay, the Soo U18 Greyhounds took to the ice in Sault Ste Marie for a midweek clash when they hosted the Sudbury U16 Nickel Capitals on Wednesday, October 27 at the John Rhodes Centre.

At 5:57 of the opening period, Connor Chow – Lynn lifts a backhand through traffic over Nickel Capital goaltender Fletcher Maverick’s catcher to give the Soo a 1 – 0 lead. Callum McAuley drew the lone assist on Chow – Lynn’s goal. Carter Danyluk picks up a rebound off of Soo netminder Charlie Burns to slide the tying goal under the Greyhound netminder right pad to even the game 1 – 1 at the 13:05 mark of the second. Sam Levecque notched the helper on Danyluk’s goal. Greyhound captain Sam Verbonac picks up a loose puck in front of the Nickel Capitals net to slide the go-ahead goal through Maverick’s five hole to give the Soo a 2 – 1 lead at 1:39 of the middle stanza. Chow – Lynn earned the contributor on Verbonac’s goal. On a breakaway, Greyhound Camine Perna lifts the insurance goal over Maverick’s left shoulder to give the Soo a 3 – 1 midweek win over the visiting Nickel Capitals at 8:43 of the third. Gabe Zimbaro drew the assist on Perna’s goal.

Greyhound coach Jamie Henderson told Saultsports that “I thought we got better as the game went on. Their goalie made a lot of nice stops. We are a work in progress we want to keep getting better as the days and weeks pass here. We had one of our best practices yesterday and we’ll look to do the same tomorrow before North Bay comes to town Saturday.”

Check out Saultsports photo gallery of the Greyhounds versus Nickel Capitals in GNML action.

The Greyhounds will now host the North Bay U18 Trappers over the October 30 and 31 weekend at the John Rhodes Centre in a 6:30 p.m start on Saturday and a 11:00 a.m puck drop on Sunday morning.