Miners still having troubles in overtime; lose 4-3 to Isotopes
CANADIAN PRESS (Sudbury, ON)
Good teams have players who make statements at crucial times in a game. For the Springfield Isotopes, last night that player was Brandon Saad.
Saad scored with 19 seconds remaining in overtime and put the exclamation point on the Isotopes 4-3 victory over the Sudbury Miners on Saturday night.
"It's luck and it's opportunity," Saad said. “But I’ll take it any day. I’m happy we got the win against a division rival tonight.”
Saad eluded a Miners defender and put back a backhander past Miners goalie Jake Allen for the win. It was his 27th goal this season.
Justin Braun, Matthew Tkachuk and Scottie Upshall also scored for Springfield, and former Miners goalie Aaron Dell made 40 saves. The Isotopes currently sit in 2nd place in the Canosa Conference, one point behind the Hamilton Tigers.
Radim Vrbata, Joonas Donskoi and Vincent Trocheck scored for Sudbury, which has now lost three straight. Allen stopped 42 shots.
"I think don't we were as sharp and quick as we're capable of being, especially in the third" Miners coach Derek Sutton said. "But a pretty good fight."
The Miners had built up a 3-1 going into the second period but could not hold the lead in a wide-open third period. Both teams traded numerous chance but it was the Isotopes who scored two goals in the third before Saad’s overtime winner.
“We're trying to build an identity that you have to battle hard and you have to skate hard," Sutton said. "From that, you kind of build that identity and reputation to be a hard team to play against. That's something we want to accomplish and need to accomplish if we want to grow and eventually make the playoffs. I think we're heading in that direction but we have a long way to go."
MINERS NUGGETS
- The injury bug continues to wreck havoc on the Miners defence core. Third pairing defenseman Jordie Benn, suffered a finger injury after blocking a Brandon Saad shot late in the third period. He is expected to be out 1-2 games.
- Defenceman Darnell Nurse skated hard Saturday morning and will do so again in Sunday. Word around the Vale Centre is that there is a strong possibility he will be good to go for the Miners game on Monday night.
CANADIAN PRESS (Sudbury, ON)
Good teams have players who make statements at crucial times in a game. For the Springfield Isotopes, last night that player was Brandon Saad.
Saad scored with 19 seconds remaining in overtime and put the exclamation point on the Isotopes 4-3 victory over the Sudbury Miners on Saturday night.
"It's luck and it's opportunity," Saad said. “But I’ll take it any day. I’m happy we got the win against a division rival tonight.”
Saad eluded a Miners defender and put back a backhander past Miners goalie Jake Allen for the win. It was his 27th goal this season.
Justin Braun, Matthew Tkachuk and Scottie Upshall also scored for Springfield, and former Miners goalie Aaron Dell made 40 saves. The Isotopes currently sit in 2nd place in the Canosa Conference, one point behind the Hamilton Tigers.
Radim Vrbata, Joonas Donskoi and Vincent Trocheck scored for Sudbury, which has now lost three straight. Allen stopped 42 shots.
"I think don't we were as sharp and quick as we're capable of being, especially in the third" Miners coach Derek Sutton said. "But a pretty good fight."
The Miners had built up a 3-1 going into the second period but could not hold the lead in a wide-open third period. Both teams traded numerous chance but it was the Isotopes who scored two goals in the third before Saad’s overtime winner.
“We're trying to build an identity that you have to battle hard and you have to skate hard," Sutton said. "From that, you kind of build that identity and reputation to be a hard team to play against. That's something we want to accomplish and need to accomplish if we want to grow and eventually make the playoffs. I think we're heading in that direction but we have a long way to go."
MINERS NUGGETS
- The injury bug continues to wreck havoc on the Miners defence core. Third pairing defenseman Jordie Benn, suffered a finger injury after blocking a Brandon Saad shot late in the third period. He is expected to be out 1-2 games.
- Defenceman Darnell Nurse skated hard Saturday morning and will do so again in Sunday. Word around the Vale Centre is that there is a strong possibility he will be good to go for the Miners game on Monday night.
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