Blades take one of three from Sudbury

The North Bay Hilltop Bantam AAA Blades won one of their three weekend contests against the Sudbury Wolves over the weekend in the Nickel City.

On Saturday afternoon the Blades let a lead slip away but came back with a 5-4 overtime victory over the Wolves.

Adam Hewitt scored the overtime winner for the Blades.

Ryan Scott, DJ Wainman, Brandon Burke, and Brad Prescott scored the other Blades goals. Carter Conlin got the win in goal for the Blades.

That same night the Blades fell 3-1 to the Wolves. Kris Faucon scored the lone goal for North Bay club.

"We outplayed them badly," head coach Rob Ladouceur said about the 3-1 loss.

"We ran into a hot goalie."

In their third game of the weekend the Blades fell 5-4 to the Wolves.

Coach Ladouceur felt this was a game they should have won.

"We had the lead the for two periods," he said.

"But we allowed them to score two quick ones to start the third and could not even it up," added Ladouceur noting that the Blades outshot the Wolves 51-30 in the loss.

Caleb Cameron, Scott Pawson, Ryan Scott, and Thomas Hamilton scored for the Blades.

Ladouceur was pleased with the effort over the weekend as he felt they outplayed the competition every game despite the two losses in three games.

The Blades get away from league play next weekend as they take part in the Big Nickel Tournament in Sudbury.