The Red Lake Miners offence broke out in the third period as they skated away with a 5-2 win over visiting Fort Frances Saturday.
The Miners were up 2-1 going into the third, when Ethan Pool, Alim Darmenov and Tyson Mallet broke out.
It was the first SIJHL goal for Mallet.
Ryan Hunter and Brady Harroun scored in the second after a scoreless first period.
Red Lake once again received solid goaltending, with red hot Kiev Kineshanko stopping 33 shots.
The Miners are now one point back of Thunder Bay and Dryden GM but do have five games in hand on both teams.
