Photos: Helene Rancourt
BLIND RIVER, Ont. – A Clark Furman go ahead goal with three and a half minutes remaining in regulation was the game-winner as the Blind River Beavers pulled out a narrow 2-1 triumph over the Powassan Voodoos Sunday afternoon in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League contest at the Blind River Recreation Centre.
Blind River held a big edge in shots in the first period, but neither side would find the back of the net prior to the intermission thanks to the contributions of netminders Austin Seibel, of the Voodoos, and the Beavers’ Connor Dunham-Fox.
In the middle stanza, the home side broke the deadlock at 3:52 when an Owen King initial shot attempt bounced off the end boards, right back to his stick, which allowed him to backhand a close-range effort that trickled through Seibel for his team-leading 13th tally.
Powassan came back to tie it near the midway point of the proceedings after Cayden Kowal was obstructed on a shorthanded break.
The subsequent penalty shot saw Kowal come in and make a move from right-to-left before stuffing in his chance past the pad of Dunham-Fox.
Still tied at one heading into the third, Furman got the difference maker as he wheeled out to the high slot from the side boards and sent a shot past Seibel.
The victory raises the Beavers record to 12-7-1-0.
With the slim setback, the Voodoos slip to 8-8-0-2.
