Saturday Night Battle in Powassan
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The Greater Sudbury Cubs scored three times in the second period as they defeated the Powassan Voodoos 5-3 at the Powassan Sportsplex Saturday night.
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The Cubs open the scoring early as Hudson Chitaroni's shot beat Voodoos starter Daniel Dirracolo low only 51 seconds in.
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The Cubs increased the lead on a neutral zone turnover as Ethan Larmand went in alone on Dirracolo and deked him over his left leg which made it 2-0 at 7:42.
Battalion prospect Reyth Smith continued his hot streak netting his 21st at 13:43 to make it 2-1.
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The Voodoos got the equalizer early in the second as Mike MacLean took a shot coming down the left wing that beat Noah Beaulne to make it 2-2 at the 58 second mark of the second.
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However, Hudson Martin took a shot through traffic just over a minute later to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead.
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The Cubs increased their lead while attempting to kill off a four-minute Voodoos power play as Oliver Smith netted a shorthanded tally on a partial breakaway which made it 4-2 at 8:47 of the second.
Less than three minutes after that Barrie Colts prospect Nolan Newton netted his 23rd on a Cubs power play which made it 5-2 Cubs after 2.
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The Voodoos scored a late goal with the net empty as Zach Turner scored his 10th of the season to round out the scoring.
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The win improves the Cubs record to 33-8-1-1 while the Voodoos four-game winning streak ends as they drop to 24-15-0-2.