The team names were different by the intensity and physical play was still the same as the Iroquois Falls Eskis, who moved from Mattawa in the off-season, faced off in yet another rough contest with the Powassan Voodoos.
The Voodoos got multiple-point nights from six different players to help skate to their ninth consecutive Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League victory Saturday as they defeated the Iroquois Falls Eskis 7-2 at the Powassan Sportsplex.
Iroquois Falls did get on the board first in this one thanks to Garrett Medina’s initial tally of the season at 5:39 on a wraparound goal.
Powassan answered that with a couple of late markers to take a 2-1 lead after one period of play on efforts supplied by Nathaniel McLeod and Bo Peltier.
The Voodoos ran their lead to 4-1 after 40 minutes with a pair of power play goals by Jake Staples at 14:23 and McLeod’s second of the evening with 58 seconds left in the middle stanza.
Powassan went up by four early in the third thanks to a Nicky Grose man advantage effort in the first minute.
Cameron Boutin’s first brought the Eskis closer at 8:40 of the third, but Powassan put the game away as former Eskis defencman Nicky Grose added another on the power play at 9:35 while Tyler Gervais-Rolfe tacked on one with the extra at 10:57 to round out the scoring.
Grose came over in a late August trade that sent Garry Mindus and Jacob Erwin to the Eskis in exchange for Grose who was named the Gongshow Gear Defenceman of the Month for September.
Nicholas Siracuse chipped in with three assists to aid the Voodoos offensively while Steve Harland, Tyler Peters and Staples chipped in with a couple of helpers each.
Powassan held the edge in shots by a 50-26 with Mario Cavaliere picking up the win and Josh Horner the loss.
