In Blind River, Ontario on Saturday, March 27th in the 2021 COVIC Cup for game six, the Blind River Beavers hit the ice to host the Soo Thunderbirds in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League matchup. March 27th contest in Blind River would be the second to last game for the Beavers and Thunderbirds in the 2020 – 2021 NOJHL season.

With no scoring in the first period and sixty three seconds into the middle stanza, Caleb Wood fires a slapshot from the top of the left faceoff circle to find the back of Beaver goaltender Gavin Disano over the Blind River goaltender left shoulder to give the Thunderbirds a 1 – 0 lead. With a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle, Andrew Malek scores his fifth of the season with the Soo’s second of the game at 6:05. Cameron Dutkiewicz notched the lone contributor on Malek’s goal to bring the lead to 2 – 0. At 14:06, Noman Boman slides his seventh of the season under Disano’s right pad to increase the visitors lead to 3 – 0 with Wood drawing the assist on Boman’s goal. 20 year old Thunderbird forward Caleb Wood scores his second of the game after unsuccessful Beaver clearing attempt at the 17:02 mark of the period with Boman and Dutkiewicz drawing the helpers on Wood’s ninth of the season.

With 36 seconds remaining in the second on a Blind River powerplay, Jacob Kelly catches a pass from Caleb Minns from behind Soo netminder Alex Bugeja’s net to lift the Beavers lone goal of the game over Bugeja’s blocker to send game six into the second intermission 4 – 1. With Gavin Disano on the Beaver bench for an extra attacker at 17:01 of the third, Dutkiewicz registers his ninth of the season from the Thunderbird end to give the Soo a 5 – 1 win. Beaver goaltender Gavin Disano stopped 20 of 25 shots in the loss while Soo netminder Alex Bugeja turned away 24 of 25 shots in the Thunderbirds game six win.

After a three point game, Caleb Wood told Saultsports that “Im just happy we won the game we knew this was a huge game and we just tried to follow up the game before and play our best hockey. From our goalie to defence to forward we all played our part and won it together.  As for the three points obviously, I am happy, but it was great plays from other guys on the team I just had to put them in the net, the win that made me feel best and speaking for our team we all came together and won it side by side for each other.”

Game seven and the final game of the 2020 – 2021 season, the Thunderbirds and Beavers close out the season in game seven of the 2021 COVID Cup in Sault Ste Marie in a Sunday, March 28th afternoon matinee with a 2:00 p.m puck drop at the John Rhodes Centre.