SUDBURY, ON — Nathan Villeneuve scored three goals, including an empty-netter, and added one assist to pace the Sudbury Wolves to a 6-3 victory over the North Bay Battalion on Friday night, after which the Ontario Hockey League embarked on a seven-day Christmas break.
Kieron Walton and Kocha Delic each had one goal and one assist, with Delic’s also into an empty net, and Blake Clayton scored the winner for Sudbury, which got 32 saves from goaltender Nate Krawchuk in moving its won-lost-extended record to 17-10-4 for 38 points, third in the Central Division.
Shamar Moses had one goal and two assists for North Bay, while Jacob Therrien and Jacob LeBlanc provided one goal and one assist apiece. Goaltender Mike McIvor made 29 saves for the Battalion, which dressed 11 forwards and seven defencemen before a crowd of 3,548.