Coming off a 4-0 win over the Peterborough Petes Sunday, the Sudbury Wolves will host the Central Division-leading Barrie Colts Friday, March 16 in their final home game of the 2017-18 season.
Friday night marks the final return of Dmitry Sokolov to the Nickel City. Recently named the OHL Player of the Week, Sokolov leads the league in goals with 48 and sits sixth in points with 90.
Overage forward Aaron Luchuk leads the league in points with 110 through 65 games played and sits just behind Sokolov in goals with 47.
Friday’s game is sponsored by the Cambrian College First Generation Advising Program who will be on hand with the annual Sock toss. The first 1,000 fans will be given a pair of socks to toss into the Cambrian College vehicle during the intermission with the lucky winner receiving a 55-inch television. All socks will be donated to the Samaritan Centre.
The pre-game ceremonies will honour graduating overage Wolves players, Kyle Rhodes and Doug Blaisdell as well as former Pack member Dmitry Sokolov.
Tickets are on-sale now for Friday’s game at the Box Office and online at greatersudbury.ca/tickets. Fans are encouraged to skip the box office line and save time with Wolves Web Wednesday. All day Wednesday, every Wednesday, fans can purchase their tickets online and save the service fees.
On Saturday, the Wolves will hit the road to complete the home and home series with the Barrie Colts before heading to Oshawa on Sunday to wrap up the season against the Generals.
Saturday’s game is set for 7:30 p.m. while Sunday’s game will get under way 6:05 p.m. Fans can also tune into road games by tuning into the live play by play call on the radio at 96.7 CKLU or mxlr.com/sudburywolves on the Wolves App.
