Photo Bob Davies (Soo Greyhounds)

After opening their three game road trip with losses in North Bay and Barrie on Thursday, January 12th and Saturday, January 14th, the fifth place (12-16-7-4) west division Soo Greyhounds headed back to Northern Ontario for an afternoon matinee on Sunday, January 15th against the fourth place (15-18-3-1) central division Sudbury Wolves.

At 14:49 of the opening period, Nolan Collins fires a slapshot from the left blueline to find the back of Greyhound netminder Samuel Ivanov to give the Wolves a 1 – 0 lead. Ethan Larmand and Landon McCallum had the assists on Collins fourth of the season. Kalvyn Watson sends a pass from behind Sudbury goaltender Kevyn Brassard to Brenden Sirizzotti to find the back of the Wolves net to even the game 1 – 1 for the Soo. Kirill Kudryavstev had the other helper on Sirizzotti’s eleventh of the season at 6:51 of the second. Former Greyhound, Marc Boudreau fires a snapshot from the top of the right faceoff circle under Ivanov’s catcher to give the Wolves a 2 – 1 lead at 13:03 of the middle stanza. Andre Anania and Jakub Chromiak added the contributors on Bourdeau’s fourth of the season. Scoring his second of the season, Caeden Carlisle catches a from the right of Brassard’s net from Alex Kostov, Carlisle finds the back of Brassard’s net through the Sudbury goaltender’s five hole to tie the game 2 – 2 for the Soo at the 9:01 mark of the third. Connor Clattenburg drew the other helper on Carlisle’s tying goal.  After no scoring in the three on three overtime, Greyhounds Bryce McConnell-Baker and Kalvyn Watson sinks shootout goals to give the Soo a 3 – 2 win over the Wolves in Sudbury. Sudbury goaltender Kevyn Brassard stopped 19 of 21 shots in the Wolves 3 – 2 loss while in his seventeenth straight start Samuel Ivanov turned away 40 of 42 shots in the Greyhounds 3 – 2 shootout win.

Next up for the Greyhounds will be a midweek clash when the Saginaw Spirit come into Sault Ste Marie on Wednesday, January 18th for a 7:07 p.m puck drop.