The Owen Sound Attack managed to escape with a close win in Sudbury.
Colby Barlow scored the game-winner 41 seconds into the third period on the power play, as the Attack rallied from 2-0 down to defeat the Wolves 3-2 in Ontario Hockey League action Friday night at the Sudbury Community Arena.
Deni Goure and Servac Petrovsky also scored for the Attack (16-7-1-1), who made it back-to-back wins and extended their point streak to five games.
Dylan Robinson and Quentin Musty tallied for Sudbury (7-13-3-0), who dropped their fourth straight game.
The Attack fell behind 2-0 in the first period. Robinson scored 4:40 after the opening faceoff, firing a shot into traffic from the left point that found its way past a screened Corbin Votary.
Musty’s goal came with just over four minutes left in the first. David Goyette entered the zone on the right side and moved the puck to the 2021 first-overall pick in the OHL priority selection – Musty then cut towards the high slot, faked a shot first, and then shot to beat Votary on the blocker side to make it 2-0.
The Attack answered in the second period. Petrovsky potted his 11th of the season, on a shot that he didn’t get all of but the change in pace fooled Wolves netminder Joe Ranger to get Owen Sound on the board at 3:49.
Goure tied it just over two minutes later. He skated down the left wing and then cut towards the crease, pulling it to his forehand and then chipping a shot over Ranger to tie the game 2-2.
Pushes, shoves and a couple of punches were exchanged with 12.2 seconds left in the second period as Evan Konyen barrelled into Votary to the dislike of the Attack. After all was settled by the officials, Konyen was off for goalie interference and a pair of offsetting roughing minors were also called.
That put the Attack on the power play to start the third.
They capitalized. Sam Sedley had the puck in the neutral zone and fed a perfect saucer pass through the middle to spring Barlow on a breakaway. The Attack captain made no mistake, beating Ranger with a low shot to put the Attack ahead 3-2 and extend his league best goal-scoring streak to nine games.
Votary did the rest from there. The Wolves pressured down the stretch, outshooting the Attack 12-5 in the third.
Perhaps the most memorable save by Votary was him laying flat in the crease and watching as the puck rolled to Musty after a scramble. Musty couldn’t bury it, firing it right into the Attack netminder.
Votary made 27 saves in the win, while Ranger stopped 17 taking the loss. Sudbury outshot Owen Sound 29-20 while going 0 for 3 on the power play; the Attack finished 1 for 3.
Sunday afternoon, the Attack close out their three-game trip in Sault Ste Marie against the Greyhounds.
That’s a 2:07 p.m., puckdrop – the game will be carried live on Kia of Owen Sound-Terry’s Trailer Service Bearadio on 97.9 The Bruce.