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Unstoppable? Greater Sudbury Cubs notch 18th consecutive win

The Greater Sudbury Cubs secured a 6-1 victory over the Espanola Paper Kings on Saturday, but their next game on Jan. 16 is against the Hearst Lumberjacks, the last team to notch a win against them
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A rundown of Saturday’s game in Espanola.

The Greater Sudbury Cubs proved triumphant during an away-game down the road in Espanola, securing a 6-1 victory over the Paper Kings.

This extends their Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League winning streak to 18 games.

Cub Samuel Assinewai scored twice, including picking up the game-winner, and added an assist to propel the team to the win, a media release from the team notes.

Assinewai got the Cubs on the board as he drove his way down the left wing and fired a shot through Paper Kings’ netminder Jack Helkie at 12:42 of the first period.

Adding another in the latter stages of the frame, Assinewai powered out from the boards and drove through the slot before taking it wide and snapping in his 27th tally of the season.

Still 2-0 Greater Sudbury into the second period, they pressed the pace and added to their cushion at 8:25 when Mason Walker was left with a tap-in off a nice Assinewai back pass.

Notching a fourth on the night, late in the session, Nolan Newton connected at 18:31 as he took a cross-ice feed from Lucas Signoretti and quickly roofed it.

Going back to last season, Newton now has points in each of his past 18 games played, while Signoretti ran a streak of his own to 13 straight outings.

Putting it away in the third, Alexandre Valade darted around the net and stuffed in a wrap-around to put the Cubs up by five.

After Newton notched another, Espanola finally notched their only goal with three and a half minutes remaining, when Aleksander Duguay struck shorthanded as he picked off a play at his own blueline, then raced in alone and put a backhand up high.

With the result, Greater Sudbury has won 18 games in a row, having not suffered a defeat since Nov. 7, versus Hearst.

The Cubs' next game will be at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex on Jan. 16, when they'll face off against the Hearst Lumberjacks for the first time since the Lumberjacks defeated them on Nov. 7.



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