OHL Niagara IceDogs

Thursday Night Dog Race On-Ice Between IceDogs and Greyhounds

Published on February 23, 2023 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Niagara IceDogs News Release


NIAGARA, ON - The Soo Greyhounds were in town for their only visit to the Meridian Centre this season to take on the IceDogs in a cross-conference canine battle. Niagara came up short despite a strong performance from Owen Flores with a two-goal win plus the empty netter, in front of 3,042 at Meridian Centre on cold Thursday Night.

Starting Goaltenders: Owen Flores (NIAG), Charlie Schenkel (SOO)

After an opening 10-minutes the Greyhounds were able to score two quick goals controlling the first half of the opening period.

The IceDogs were able to generate a few shots on net and put one past Schenkel off a faceoff play where Daniel Michaud swept in his 20th of the season to get the home crowd going on this Thursday night. 2-1 score for the visitors after the first period despite a few late chances for Niagara.

No scoring for much of the middle period until Zak Lavoie created a Soo turnover at the blue line and went in on a 2on1 with Ryan VanNetten, who would take the pass and bury his 2nd goal of the season evening the game at two apiece.

Soo took the lead on a shot that went five-hole to go up by a goal. Flores was down for a few seconds as he looked to tweak something but remained in the game.

To open the 3rd period the Greyhounds would finish off an odd-man rush to extend their lead but on the follow through a stick would clip Owen Flores in the neck. The IceDogs goaltender remained down for a few minutes but remained in the game.

Niagara pulled the goaltender with 1:45 remaining in the period needing a pair of goals to tie the game. Soo would add an empty net goal to seal it shorthanded and take this canine battle by a 5-2 score. Owen Flores stopped 43 shots in the game.

Three Stars

SOO Justin Cloutier (2 Goals)

SOO Caeden Carlisle (Game-winning Goal)

NIAG Ryan VanNetten (1 Goal)

Team Stats

Powerplay: NIAG: 0/4, SOO: 0/3

Shots: NIAG: 27, SOO: 48

Goal Scorers

SOO J. Cloutier (12) A: R. Thompson, M. Duarte

SOO J. Fantino (9) A: O. Allard

NIAG D. Michaud (20) A: A. LeBlanc

NIAG R. VanNetten (2) A: Z. Lavoie

SOO C. Carlisle (5) A: M. Virgilio, O. Allard

SOO B. McConnell-Barker (28) A: K. Watson

SOO J. Cloutier (12) A: R. Thompson, M. Duarte

Check out the Niagara IceDogs Statistics

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