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he Soo Thunderbirds received shutout goaltending from Nathan Maguire as he helped blank the Espanola Paper Kings 4-0 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Friday, November 6th at the Regional Recreation Complex.

Converting on an early five-on-three, Sault Ste. Marie opened the scoring when Frankie Reda cranked in a one-timer with a blast from the left side that flew past Espanola netminder Cameron Millar, after being teed up with a cross-ice feed from Drew Christian.

A goaltending change by the Paper Kings from there saw Liam Cheeseman enter in long relief.

Extending their lead eight and a half minutes into the second stanza, the Thunderbirds’ Adam Pszeniczny picked off an errant Paper Kings pass attempt in their own zone and went on to lift a backhand by Cheeseman.

Taking control in the third, the Thunderbirds tacked on two more before the session was six minutes in to go up by four.

Gavin Killoran made it 3-0 at 4:12 as he deflected in a Jaden van de Ven point attempt.

Landon Hill then extended the visitors cushion right after that with a shot from the slot going back the other way off the left post and in.

Maguire did the rest to post his initial shutout of the season helping the Thunderbirds raise their record to 12-4-0-2.

In defeat, the Paper Kings fell to 7-10-0-0.

Source: NOJHL