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Voodoos contain Rock for 12th win (VIDEO)

Voodoos move to 12-2 on the season

 

Voodoos vs Rock Oct 16 17 from Chris Dawson on Vimeo.

The Powassan Voodoos picked up a hat trick from Harrison Israels to help power his team to a 7-3 victory over the Timmins Rock Monday night in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League match-up at the Powassan Sportsplex.

An early power play helped Timmins get going offensively in this one as Alexandre Brisson beat Voodoos’ starter Christian Cicigoi three and a half minutes into the contest.

Powassan came back with the equalizer at 12:29 of the first period thanks to Israels’ eighth tally of the campaign.

A fast-paced middle stanza saw the two clubs combine for five tallies in just under 10 and a half minutes, including three by the home side, as they took a 4-3 cushion into the third.

Tomas Yachmenev started the offensive outburst for the Voodoos at 1:34 before the Rock struck twice in a 46-second span to first tie it then go back on top as James Richmond, during a two-man advantage, and Evan Kentish-Stack, with Timmins still up a skater, both picked up their initial NOJHL markers.

Battling back again Powassan drew level once more off the stick of Kobe Desmond at 6:25 before a Dayton Murray blast accounted for his co-league-best 12th overall at 12:07.

Israels added one more in the final frame with under seven minutes remaining before picking up a shorthanded, empty-net effort late to secure his first NOJHL hat trick and his fourth multi-goal performance of the season.

Yachmenev then added another man-short, empty-netter with 32 seconds to go to go along with two earlier assists as the rookie finished off a four-point night.

Cicigoi finished with 30 stops as he won his sixth straight start while improving to 8-1 on the season.

Brendan Bishop started for Timmins and allowed four against on nine attempts and suffered the loss before giving way to Eric Jackson after the Murray marker.