CANADIAN PRESS (Sudbury, ON)
Matt Stajan and Brandon Sutter each had a pair of assists, and Erik Haula’s second period marker stood up as the winner, as the Las Vegas Aces skated to a 3-2 victory over the Sudbury Miners on Thursday night.
Vincent Trocheck and Aaron Ekblad each scored in the losing effort for the Miners, while goalie Ben Bishop stopped 23 of 26 shots faced.
Sudbury opened the scoring early in the first, when Ekblad's shot from the circle beat Aces goalie Carter Hutton cleanly to give the Miners a 1-0 lead. The Aces would respond a few minutes later, when Trevor Daley’s point shot beat a screened Bishop to tie the game 1-1 after the first period.
In the second, the Aces would carry the play, outshooting the Miners, 10-5. As a result of their strong play, they would take a 3-1 lead to the dressing room on goals by Haula and former defenseman Miner Ben Hutton.
The Miners would put up a fight in the third and were able to get within one on Trocheck’s goal, his 14th of the season. Despite outshooting the Aces, 11-4 in the period, they could only get the one past Hutton as the Aces would hold on for the victory.
“Obviously we're very disappointed with the result but for the most part I thought we played well," Trocheck said. "It's frustrating…….as one of the offensive players, we are supposed to produce a number to help the team win and we haven't done that in a while. It's not like we're missing chances, we just aren't getting many chances and that's frustrating."
MINERS NUGGETS
- Radim Vrbata currently sits as the Miners scoring leader with 47 points but was held pointless for the second straight game.
- Goaltender Jake Allen will get the start on Saturday versus the Springfield Isotopes. Springfield currently sits in 3rd place in the Canosa Conference with 88 points.
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