Photos: Hélène Rancourt
BLIND RIVER, Ont. – Logan Coates’ first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout and a trio of special team tallies from the Powassan Voodoos sent them past the Blind River Beavers 6-0 Sunday afternoon at the Blind River Community Centre.
The visiting Voodoos opened the scoring on a short-staffed Beavers side nearly 16 minutes into the first period when Tyler Brunet pumped in a shot from the left circle past netminder Édouard Blais off a Braeden Begley attempt from the right point.
Moving to the middle frame, Powassan added to their lead while shorthanded as Scott Szczygiel benefitted from a neutral zone turnover and worked his way into the Blind River zone where he wired a shot past Blais at 14:51.
Still up by a pair into the final frame, the Voodoos picked up two more markers early to help put it away.
After Owen Head clicked at 3:01 with help from Devran Brown and Begley by stuffing one in, Ryan Saginaw finished off the leftovers via an Aydin Beharie attempt.
The Powassan power play extended their cushion when Ben Bristol-Murray slid in a rebound off a Caleb Dawson shot.
Up a skater once more, Owen Smith whipped one past Blais after being set-up by Anthony Boyes with a cross-ice feed to round out the day’s scoring.
