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Thunderbirds winning streak snapped

The Rayside-Balfour Canadians scored twice in the third period to beat the Soo Thunderbirds on Friday night
2019-09-08 Soo Thunderbirds Stock BC
Brad Coccimiglio/SooToday

Despite leading heading into the third period, the Soo Thunderbirds had their four-game winning streak snapped on Friday night.

Goals by Christopher Clark and Zachary Snow in the third period as the Rayside-Balfour Canadians beat the Thunderbirds 3-2 Friday at the John Rhodes Community Centre.

Snow and Benjamin Hantanaka had a goal and an assist each for the Canadians. Mitchell Martin assisted on a pair of goals.

Goaltender David Bowen stopped 18 shots.

Nick Smith and Mackenzie Walkington had a goal and an assist each for the Thunderbirds.

Goaltender Colin Ahern stopped 26 shots.

The loss drops the Thunderbirds record to 8-8-1-2.

Rayside improves to 12-4-1-1.

The Thunderbirds return to action on Saturday night on the road against the Espanola Express.


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A graduate of Loyalist College’s Sports Journalism program, Brad Coccimiglio’s work has appeared in The Hockey News as well as online at FoxSports.com in addition to regular freelance work with SooToday before joining the team full time.
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