CANADIAN PRESS (Rejkjavik, Iceland)
Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on the power play, an unassisted effort at 4:05 of the third period, as the Rejkjavik Ruffin defeated the Sudbury Miners, 2-0 on Saturday night.
Matt Niskanen would score the other goal for the Puffin with Andrew Ladd and Mikko Koivu drawing the assists. Braden Holtby would make 19 saves for the shutout, his third of the season.
With the loss, the Miners now sit last overall in the CCHL with a record of 7-19-0.
"We are in the collecting points business," Miners coach Derek Sutton said as the Miners concluded a two-game road trip with the visit to Iceland. "Today we collected zero."
The Miners were badly outshot in this contest, 31-19, but Ben Bishop was spectacular at times, turning away numerous Puffin scoring chances and keeping the Miners in the game.
“We did do a lot of positive things, but came up short again," said Bishop. "We're getting close and against one of the greatest teams over the past few years, I thought we showed a lot of positive things."
The Puffin had 13 shots in the first period, and 13 shots in the second but only managed 5 in the third against Bishop.
"I think the first couple of periods, they had way too many shots, way more shots than we want to give up," Miners forward Vincent Trocheck said. "He (Bishop) stood on his head for a little bit and kept us in the game.”
Bottom line, despite improved play, the Miners have a losing streak that has now reached three games.
"We lost three in a row. Good teams don't like to lose two in a row." Trocheck said.
MINERS NUGGETS
- Defenseman Darnell Nurse was put through a vigorous skate on Saturday morning. Word is that he is close to returning and should be back in the lineup within a week.
- Tobias Reider sits as the scoring leader for the Miners. He has 8 goals and 7 assists for 15 points on the year.
- The next game for the Miners is Monday night when they play hosts to the Long Island Express. Game time at the Vale Centre is 7:30pm.
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