Bantam Hounds within a win of championship

The Soo Bantam Greyhounds are within a win of a Northern Ontario Bantam Hockey League championship.

The Hounds will look to wrap up the best-of-five league championship series on Saturday afternoon at the Carmichael Arena in Sudbury.

The Greyhounds, who have not lost a league game since Oct. 23, grabbed a 2-0 series lead with a pair of wins last weekend at the Rankin Arena.

Game four, if necessary, will go on Sunday in Sudbury while a fifth game would be played at the Rankin on Monday night.

In a 5-2 game one win, the Hounds broke open a 1-1 tie with three goals in the second period. Jerry Petingalo and Brett Perlini scored two goals each for the Hounds while Luke O’Brien added another. Greg McAllister picked up the win in goal.

In game two, the Greyhounds needed a goal by Dean Howard 10:40 into overtime to score a 2-1 win. The goal was Howard’s second of the game while Justin Hogsden recorded the win in goal.

The series winner will advance to the Ontario AAA Bantam Championship being held Mar. 28–Apr. 2 in Thunder Bay.

Should the Greyhounds win the title, it would mark the fifth time a Sault team has captured the NOBHL crown in the league’s 10-year existence.