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Team Effort Leads Steelheads to Victory

October 18, 2019 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL) - Mississauga Steelheads News Release

Mississauga, ON - The Mississauga Steelheads took on the Niagara IceDogs on Friday night in a rematch of the season opener.

The Steelheads got off to a quick start, as a powerplay goal from Richard Whittaker gave them the lead early in the first period. Thomas Harley extended his point streak to 7 games with a secondary assist on the play. The Steelheads would get into some penalty trouble but Joe Ranger made some spectacular saves to shut the door and keep the Steelheads ahead by one. The Fish increased their lead to two near the end of the frame as Washkurak sniped a wrist shot high glove on Christian Sbaraglia. At the end of the first period, both teams were tied in shots 16-16.

In the second period the IceDogs would find the back of the net, as Akil Thomas snuck one through the legs of Ranger on the powerplay. That would be the only goal of the period, as Mississauga outshot Niagara 22-9 in the frame with the score in favour of the Steelheads 2-1. The Fish would see the penalty box twice near the end of the period, setting up the IceDogs with a 5-on-3 powerplay to start the third.

The IceDogs made no mistake in capitalizing on the man advantage, as they tied the game on a goal from Philip Tomasino. Just a few minutes later, Mississauga regained the lead on a powerplay blast from Thomas Harley for his third point (1G, 2A) of the night. The Steelheads would hold on to defeat the Niagara IceDogs 3-2.

Mississauga's offense broke out in a big way, registering 54 shots on goal. Goaltender Joe Ranger had one of the best games of his young career in net, stopping 33/35 shots (0.943 SV%), while forward Keean Washkurak recorded a season high 7 shots on goal in the game.

Following the game, Joe Ranger had the following to say about the Steelheads win "We had a long week of hard work in practice and doing everything right in the gym. I have to give all the credit to the guys, they played a great game, I wouldn't have been able to do it without them. It was really crazy in the last couple of minutes, so to lockdown the fort like that, I was really thankful."

THREE STARS

1st star - Joe Ranger (33/35, .943 SV%)

2nd star - Thomas Harley (1G, 2A)

3rd star - Keean Washkurak (1G, 7SOG)

LINE COMBINATIONS

Niagara IceDogs

Castleman - Thomas - Uberti

Doherty - Tomasino - Sopa

Snow - Theriault - De Simone

Betts - Sims - Cook

Roberts - Howard

Hunter - Enright

Chanton - Cato

Sbaraglia

Tynan

Mississauga Steelheads

Prueter - Washkurak - Isaacson

Whittaker - Schwindt - Hardie

Dodig - Portokalis - Canade

DelBelBelluz - Varga

Del Mastro - Ham

Bjorgvik Holm - Harley

Penman - Davis/Sharpe

Ranger

Edmonds

The Steelheads will head to Erie on Saturday night for their final game of the weekend, before returning to the Paramount Fine Foods Centre on Friday, October 25th to take on the Oshawa Generals. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Box Office, online through ticketmaster.ca or by calling 905-502-9100.

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