saultsports Photos: Bob Davies
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Jordan Mayo had the game-winning goal, to go along with being credited with three assists, in sending the Iroquois Falls Storm past the Soo Thunderbirds 6-3 Saturday in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action at John Rhodes Community Centre.
Picking up the night’s initial marker, 13:26 into the proceedings, the Storm’s Jack Jarvis was there to notch his 12th goal of the season.
Up a skater to commence the middle session, Sault Ste. Marie’s Jonathan Sonedecker notched his 14th of the season to tie it, as he got a piece of a Camden Cowan shot from the left point that eluded Iroquois Falls goaltender Maverick Fletcher.
Coming right back moments later, the Storm slammed in two quick markers, less than a minute apart, off the sticks of John Adlys and Martin Brusoe, that eluded the T-Birds’ Noah Metivier.
The Adlys effort saw him whip in a pass from Mayo while Brusoe snapped one in from the right point, through traffic, after a face-off win.
Getting back to within one right after that, Jacob Smith joined Sonedecker with 14 tallies on the campaign as he found the back of the net by chipping one in from the top of the crease.
Another extra-man effort helped the Soo knot the affair at 3-3, with Callum McAuley reaching the 10-goal mark of the season, that came at 8:20 when he roofed one upstairs from the top of the left circle, early into a power play.
Continuing to trade tallies, Mayo made it 4-3 Iroquois Falls to give him points in four straight contests, when he stuffed in a loose puck off a Jarvis attempt on target.
A fifth on the night for the visitors saw Landon Trethewey find the mark 1:17 into the final stanza as he lifted in a rebound while his club was up a skater.
Emrick Paradis then supplied some insurance with four and a half minutes remaining after Jarvis controlled a draw that allowed him to convert.
That would round out the night’s scoring as the Storm skated away with the road result.
Iroquois Falls is right back at it Sunday as they travel to Blind River for a 1 p.m. matinee versus the Beavers.
The T-Birds next game goes Thursday as they pay a visit to Timmins.
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