CANADIAN PRESS (Sudbury, ON)
Tobias Reider scored late in the third period, as the Sudbury Miners were able to salvage a 4-4 tie versus the visiting Victoria Ronin on Thursday night.
Philip Danault, Aaron Ekblad and Lauri Korpikosko also scored for Sudbury, while goalie Ryan Miller, making his Miners debut, stopped 35 of the 39 shots he faced.
Victoria struck early in the first, just 39 seconds into the game, on the first of two goals on the night by Ronin forward Jamie Benn. The Miners would respond with a pair of their own in the first, and add one more in the second to give them a 3-1 lead after two periods.
The Ronin would score three times in the third on goals by Benn, Chris Kreider and Evgeny Kuznetsov to take a 4-3 lead before Reider’s late marker sent the game to overtime. The shots in overtime were 3-0 in favour of the Ronin but they could not put the winner past Miller. Ronin goaltender Brian Elliott stopped 18 of 22 shots faced in the contest.
"I thought we played the way we wanted to play, but I thought once we had a good lead, then we totally played on our heels and it became a free-for-all game both ways," said Miners forward Philip Danault. "It seems like whether we're up 1-0 or we're down 1-0 we completely change our game.”
Coach Derek Sutton is encouraged on some of the growth his young club is showing.
“Earlier in the year, if we would have blown that lead, we would have lost. I think we are learning that we have to battle. You've got to experience the downs and then learn how to get out of them, keep a good head on your shoulders and keep working." Sutton said.
MINERS NUGGETS
- Winger Marcus Foligno and defenceman Damon Severson both suffered injuries in last night’s contest. Both are not expected to be out long term, but they will not play on Friday night versus Sanibel.
- Coach Derek Sutton indicated that he will turn to Jake Allen to try and stop the winless streak on Friday night against the Islanders.
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