SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
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Release Date: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013
Wilderness avoid sweep vs. Ice Dogs
DRYDEN – A short-staffed Wisconsin Wilderness squad got goals from five different skaters en route to a 6-3 victory over the Dryden Ice Dogs Sunday evening in Superior International Junior Hockey League play at Memorial Arena.
The Ice Dogs opened the scoring 11:11 into the contest thanks to a Zachary Kercz effort only to see the Wilderness answer back with tallies from Justin Gregory and Alex Rezansoff to go up 2-1 after 20 minutes.
Midway through the contest Zach Kraft beat Dryden starter Robert Kopytek-MacKenzie to put the visitors up a pair after two periods of play.
Dryden struck quickly in the third to pull within one as Tyson Holder scored on the power play at the 58-second mark of the final stanza.
It was all Wilderness after that however as they countered with a trio of markers to pull away including two from Sawyer Jacobsen sandwiched around a Darrick Howard effort.
The Ice Dogs’ Mack Boyce added one final goal late for the home side during a man advantage, but that would turn out to be the last one of the night.
Luke Thompson was solid making 35 saves in the Wisconsin net to pick-up the win while Kopytek-MacKenzie saw 40 shots fired his way in a losing cause.
SIJHL play resumes Tuesday as the Minnesota Iron Rangers host the Thunder Bay North Stars in a 7 p.m. start at Hoyt Lakes Arena.