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Tye Kartye scored eight seconds into the first period as the Greyhounds picked up a 6-2 Ontario Hockey League win over the Sudbury Wolves on Wednesday night at Sudbury Arena.
The Greyhounds opened the game up with four goals in the second period to take a 5-2 lead through 40 minutes. The Soo went 1-for-4 on the man advantage while also killing off six Sudbury power plays in the game, including a double minor early in the third with the Greyhounds.
Kartye opened the scoring for the Greyhounds just eight seconds into the contest as he skated down the right wing and beat Wolves starter Mitchell Weeks stick side.
Sudbury got on the board midway through the period when Kocha Delic beat Greyhounds goaltender Tucker Tynan from the slot after he fanned on his initial shot off a faceoff deep in the Sault zone.
Kerins made it 2-1 Greyhounds at 3:29 of the second period when he took a cross-slot pass from Kartye, who froze Weeks initially by looking shot. Kerins took the pass and scored on an open net.
Defenceman Jack Thompson extended the lead at 5:34 when he beat Weeks from near the top of the right circle stick side.
The Greyhounds took a 4-1 lead at 7:41 when a point shot by Kirill Kudryavtsev was deflected by veteran forward Keegan McMullen in the slot past Weeks.
Delic picked up his second goal of the night for the Wolves to cut the Sault lead to 4-2 when he redirected a back-door pass from Marc Boudreau past Tynan at 12:04.
With 5:31 to go in the period, Bryce McConnell-Barker made it 5-2 Greyhounds with a power play goal that saw him skate the puck into the right circle before beating Weeks from the centre of the circle.
Jordan D’Intino capped off the scoring with 1:28 to go when he skated into the left faceoff circle and beat Weeks high short side for his fifth goal of the season.
Weeks stopped 34 shots for the Wolves.
Wednesday’s loss drops Sudbury’s record to 19-30-3-2 and the team remains two points behind the Peterborough Petes for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Sudbury Wolves welcome the North Bay Battalion this weekend for a home-ice double-header. The first game is Friday night at 7:05 p.m., followed by a Sunday afternoon tilt at 2:05 p.m.
