In a game that contained numerous twists and turns, it was Ryan Howe who straightened things out for the Red Lake Miners.
The rookie forward scored the winning goal with 2:43 left in overtime on a power play to give the Miners a wild 6-5 win over Dryden GM Saturday night.in Dryden.
The Miners thought they had things in the bag in the third when they grabbed a 5-3 lead but the Ice Dogs scored two late goals to force extra time.
Earlier in the game, Dryden GM owned a 3-1 lead.
Both teams scored three times with the man advantage.
Leading the way for Red Lake was Rajvir Sangha with a pair of scores, while Ethan Stuckless, Morgan Venne and Tucker Evans added singles.
Jordan Pitari powered the Dryden GM attack with three goals, while Josh Gardner scored twice.
The Dryden GM Ice Dogs exploded for three goals in the third period en route to a 5-1 win over the visiting Wisconsin Lumberjacks Sunday afternoon.
It was a big day for the”Warrior” connection with Sioux Lookout’s Kendall Schulz scoring twice, Cortez Favot earning two assists and Ben Forbes picking up a helper.
Josh Gardner scored his first SIJHL goal, while Evan Pakkala and Justin Pitari.
Dryden GM fired 21 shots on the Wisconsin net in the final frame, finishing with 41.
Dawson Rattai made quite a debut for the Ice Dogs stopping 50 shots in his first Junior hockey game.
Dryden GM is now 3-1 and is tied for first in the standings with Red Lake and Thunder Bay.
The Ice Dogs return to the ice next Friday at home against Fort Frances.
For the second time in consecutive nights the Dryden GM Ice Dogs withstood a rally from Fort Frances.
Malcolm Huemmert ended up scoring the winning goal in the third as the Ice Dogs defeated visiting Fort Frances 4-3 in front of nearly 600 fans Saturday night.
Dryden GM jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first period and then went up 4-2.
They were able to bottle the Lakers up in their own zone in the final minute.
Sioux Lookout’s Ben Forbes scored his first SIJHL goal, while Gavyn Galloway scored in his first game.
Dryden GM outshot Fort Frances 47-37.
Jacob Anthony picked up the victory.
The Ice Dogs wrap up their three game weekend series at home on Sunday at 3:30 against Wisconsin.
In Red Lake, Shaye Sommerfeld continued his hot start to the season with two more goals.
He scored the winner 41 seconds into the second period en route to a 3-1 win over Wisconsin.
The 20-year-old now has four on the young campaign.
Ethan Stuckless added an insurance goal.
Shots were even at 31, with Zack Willms picking another win.
Elsewhere, Thunder Bay got past Thief River Falls 3-2.
(Photo Credit: Kerri-Ann Kanceruk and Patrick Boucha)
The Dryden GM Ice Dogs have their first win of the SIJHL season.
The Ice Dogs never trailed in a 4-3 victory in Fort Frances Friday night.
Justin Pitari scored his first two goals as an Ice Dog and was denied the hat-trick on a close off-side call.
Sioux Lookout’s Cortez Favot picked up his first junior goal on a redirection in front of the net.
Nolan Marshall also found the back of the net.
Tony Anthony made 34-saves for the win.
Dryden GM recorded 38-shots on goal.
The story of the game was the Ice Dogs penalty kill as they were a perfect 8 for 8 with a man down.
The Ice Dogs only had a very brief man advantage.
The rematch is Saturday night at the Dryden Memorial Arena at 7:30.
The loss for the Lakers is the first for the 12th ranked team in Canada.
In Red Lake, it was the home opener for the Miners and the team posted their second straight win to start.
The Miners capitalized on their opportunities and once again received great goaltending in a 4-2 win over expansion Wisconsin.
Ethan Stuckless, Rajvir Sangha, Shay Sommerfeld and Ryan Howe scored for Red Lake.
The Lumberjacks outshot the Miners 31-23.
Zach Willms recorded the victory.
The two teams are back at it Saturday in Cochenour at 7:00pm.
Meantime, Thief River Falls scored four unanswered goals late in the third in a 4-1 home victory over defending champion Thunder Bay for their first win of the season.
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