Long Island Beats Sudbury...

Express run over the Miners, win 5-2

CANADIAN PRESS (Long Island, NY)

Colin Wilson is quickly becoming a despised opponent of the Sudbury Miners.

Wilson led the way with a pair of goals, making that four this year versus the Miners, and Mats Zuccarello added two assists, as the Long Island Express defeated the Sudbury Miners 5-2 on Wednesday night.  With the win, the Express now have a two game winning streak, while the Miners have not lost 5-in-a row.

Henrik Lundqvist was solid in goal for the Express, making 30 saves to get the win.

"It's nice to be able to play two games in a row and get good results," Lundqvist said. "That's something that makes me believe in what we are doing and how we are practicing and all that good stuff. After the last game, we felt our game was in a good place.  It was nice to keep the good mojo going."

Adam Henrique opened the scoring for the Express, with just three seconds remaining in the opening frame, with his 10th goal of the season.  Cal Clutterbuck and JT Miller would draw the assists.  That would be all the scoring in the period, and the Express would go the dressing room up 1-0 after one.

The second period was where the wheels fell off for the Miners.  Despite out-shooting the Express 11-8 in the period, the Miners were very sloppy defensively and the Express would score three times and open up a commanding 4-0 lead after two periods.   John Tavares, John Klingberg and Wilson would score the goals for the Express.

The Miners tried to mount a comeback in the third.  Goals by Radim Vrbata and Vincent Trocheck would close the gap to 4-2, but that was as close as it would get.  Wilson, with his second of the game, would ice the game into an empty net.  Jake Allen, would made 23 saves on the night, took the loss for the Miners.

"The effort wasn't up to our standards," Trocheck said. "We know that. We weren't executing consistently enough to really dictate the terms of the game."


MINERS NUGGETS

- Coach Derek Sutton indicated that going into the last 20 games, he may slot some of the minor league kids in the line-up in order to give them experience for next season.

- With the loss, the Miners road record drops to 5-24-0.  It is among the worst in all of the CCHL.

- The Miners returned to Sudbury following last night’s contest.  They have three days off before their next game on Sunday night, when they travel to Hamilton to take on the Tigers.