Majors Crush Wolves

December 17, 2010 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors News Release


Mississauga, ON- The line of Riley Brace, Justin Shugg, and Devante Smith-Pelly combined to score five goals and power the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors past the Sudbury Wolves, 9-4 tonight at the Hershey Centre. The win improves the Majors record to 27-4-0-1 on the season.

The game began as a see-saw battle which each team exchanging goals until the Majors began to pull away midway through the second period and did not look back creating a comfortable lead and maintaining it. Riley Brace got things started for the Majors just over 12 minutes into the first period after Alain Valiquette made two stops on Smith-Pelly, Brace was there to bang in the rebound to make it 1-0. The Wolves responded seconds later when Samuel Schutt tied the game at 1-1. Majors goaltender JP Anderson made four saves before Schutt jammed in the loose puck. Justin Shugg put the Majors back on top with a shorthanded goal just seconds later after forcing a turnover at centre ice and beating Valiquette to make it 2-1. Sudbury again immediately responded to tie the game at 2-2 when Michael Sgarbossa scored on the power play after beating Anderson low on the glove side. The game remained tied at the end of the first period.

At 8:52 of the second period the Majors regained the lead when Riley Brace scored his second goal of the game off a rebound to make it 3-2. Marc Cantin's shot rang off the post and deflected right onto the stick of Brace who put it away. Brace completed the hat-trick with a tap-in just four minutes later after receiving a gift pass from Justin Shugg to make it 4-2. Smith-Pelly increased the lead to three goals after beating Valiquette high on the short side for his twentieth goal of the season. Joseph Cramarossa made it 6-2 after scoring on a breakaway after a precise pass from Corey Bureau with just over a minute to play in the period. The Majors took the four goal lead into the third period.

David Corrente scored his first goal of the season just over a minute into the third period on the power play after firing a bullet from the point that beat Jacob Riley who replaced Valiquette in the Sudbury net to make it 7-2. Joshua Leivo pulled the Wolves to within four just 50 seconds later but Gregg Sutch restored the five goal cushion at 2:27 breaking a scoring drought for the veteran winger. Sgarbossa added his second goal of the game and Jordan Mayer scored later for the Majors making the final 9-4 for Mississauga. The line of Brace, Smith-Pelly, and Shugg finished the game with five goals and 12 points. Riley Brace's hat-trick for Mississauga made it back-to-back games that a Majors player has scored three goals. Devante Smith-Pelly had a goal and four assists, while Shugg added three assists to his one goal for a four point night. JP Anderson made 26 saves to earn the victory for Mississauga, while Alain Valiquette and Jacob Riley combined for 36 saves, Valiquette takes the loss for Sudbury.

The Majors will have one game remaining before the Christmas break and it will be on Sunday afternoon when the Kingston Frontenacs come to town for a 2:00 p.m. start. 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup ticket packages are on sale now. To purchase yours contact the Majors office at (905) 502-7788 x.1.



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