SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
SIJHL MEDIA UPDATE
Release Date: Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017
Miners score 3 in 3rd to hold off Iron Rangers
HOYT LAKES, Minn. – After letting an early lead slip away the English River Miners regrouped by scoring three times on the power play in the third period to pull out a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Iron Rangers Sunday afternoon in Superior International Junior Hockey League play at Hoyt Lakes Arena.
Braeden Pearce sent the Miners on their way 2:44 into the contest as he collected his 10th of the season.
Michael Di Lullo upped the visitors lead two minutes later before teammate Matt O’Neill supplied a shorthanded effort with six seconds left in the session.
Minnesota did get on the board 6:24 into the middle stanza thanks to Isaiah Olschewske’s sixth of 2016-17.
They then struck twice in a 31-second span as Cole Thompson notched his eighth and ninth tallies of the campaign to knot the affair at 3-3.
The offensive outburst continued for Minnesota as Joe Mata gave the home side their first lead of the day at 16:49 to go up by one.
A two-man advantage in the final stanza allowed English River to knot the contest at 4-4 as Sam Cirone scored on the power play at 1:24.
Up a skater again later in the third allowed the Miners to get the game-winner as Di Lullo tipped in his second of the day with 6:40 remaining in regulation.
English River then added some insurance with yet another power play goal as Trevor Pereverzoff rounded out the scoring at 16:49.
The Miners outshot the Iron Rangers 43-35 with Spencer Eschyschyn picking up the win and Sean Angle the loss.