Voodoos drop Thunderbirds for 6th straight win

Continuing their current winning ways, the Powassan collected their sixth straight Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League triumph Saturday as the dropped the Soo Thunderbirds 4-2 at the Powassan Sportsplex.

A solid start saw the Voodoos skate out to an early lead before the game was six minutes old.

Anthony Boyes got the initial tally as he got to a loose puck that Sault Ste. Marie starter Ryan Hicks could not corral and slid in his 11th of the season.

A couple of shifts later, Ryan Saginaw sent a feed back to the point where Reid de Bokx lifted a shot through traffic that sailed past the blocker of Hicks.

With that, the Thunderbirds opted to make a goaltending change, as Cameron Boville entered in relief.

Moving to the middle frame, Powassan clicked on the power play to go up by three as Marcus Krats snagged a clearing attempt with his glove then fed a crisp pass over to Dylan Rousselle who promptly whipped it by Boville to run a point streak to eight consecutive outings.

The T-Birds got one back at the tail-end of a man advantage opportunity of their own when Aiden Atkinson drove hard down the right wing then left a drop pass for James Legler who blasted it past Voodoos’ goalkeeper Cole Vreugdenhil at 8:24.

Getting that back deep in the stanza, Jackson Marnell put his side up 4-1 after 40 minutes by knocking in a pinballing puck in close.

Inching closer with under 10 minutes to play, Soo defenceman Max DeCoff cranked in a one-timer off a draw after being teed up by Gianmarco Mastroianni.

Getting Boville out for an extra attacker, the Thunderbirds looked to get within a goal, or more, in the late going, but Powassan held the fort to secure the home-ice victory.

The win moves to Voodoos to 18-7-0-2 on the year while in defeat, the T-Birds dip to 19-10-1-1 overall.