CANADIAN PRESS (Sudbury, ON)
Despite being heavily outplayed and led by Ben Bishop, who turned aside 41 shots, the Sudbury Miners squeaked past the Georgetown Millers with a 2-1 win on Monday night.
Tobias Reider opening the scoring at 12:01 of the first period tipping in a point shot by Miners defenseman Ben Hutton and past Millers goaltender James Reimer. Matt Calvert would extend the lead to 2-0 late in the first period with Philip Danault and Shea Theodore drawing the assists. The Millers would pull one back just before the period ended on a goal by Mike Hoffman, his sixth of the season.
In the second, the Millers quickly took control and outshot the Miners, 13-7 on the period but could not beat Bishop, who made numerous spectacular saves to preserve the lead going into the third.
The Millers continued to dominate into the third, outshooting the Miners 13-8. But, as was the case in the second period, Bishop turned aside all chances to lead the Miners to the victory. The win was Bishop’s first of the year. “Bishop was outstanding tonight”, quoted Miners Coach Derek Sutton. “I know that they (Georgetown) will say they got robbed and deserved to win tonight, but there is an old saying we used back in my playing days with the Hamilton Mustangs…..Stick and Pucks may break my nuts, but winning always heals me”.
The win improves the Miners record to 4 wins, 5 losses on the season, good enough for 8th place in the Canosa Conference.
MINERS NUGGETS
- Defenseman Darnell Nurse suffered a knee injury late in the third period. Nurse has to be helped off the ice and the initial diagnosis is that he will be out of the lineup 5-6 weeks.
- Tobias Reider continues his solid play and has a three-game point streak going.
- Coach Derek Sutton indicated that with the win last night, Ben Bishop will get the start on Wednesday on the road versus Victoria.
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