SINCLAIR MAKES 28 SAVES IN 6-3 LOSS TO GROWLERS

April 9, 2022 | Comments (0)

Mark Sinclair made his professional debut and stopped 28 shots, but the Growlers' power play struck for a second straight night, on top of an Orrin Centazzo hat trick to lift Newfoundland to a 6-3 win.

The Cyclones are 35-31-3-0. They play one more game in this current road trip.

Lukas Craggs began the scoring less than two minutes into the first, beating his former Cyclones teammate, Angus Redmond, making it 1-0 with his ninth goal of the season. Craggs crashed the net after receiving a pass from Luc Brown.

Orrin Centazzo found the equalizer 16:48 into the first, sliding a puck through the legs of Sinclair.

For the second straight night, Newfoundland's power play made an impact. Zach O'Brien got the lead for the Growlers 13:12 into the middle frame on the power play, then Jeremy McKenna followed with a 5-on-4 goal less than four minutes later.

A late second period goal from Andrusiak came when the team's leading scorer intercepted a puck from Newfoundland in center ice, then entered the zone through the left wing where he'd shoot it past the glove of Redmond to make it 3-2.

Each team traded 4-on-4 goals to start the third. Centazzo netted his second of the night just 12 seconds into the period, but Andrusiak responded with his second as well, coming 55 seconds later.

With the score 4-3, the Cyclones were charged a bench minor for too many men on the ice with 4:02 to play. They eliminated all chances for Newfoundland until Isaac Johnson weaved his way through center and got a breakaway to beat Sinclair and make it 5-3. Centazzo then scored an empty net goal in the final minute for the hat trick and 6-3 final.

The Cyclones and Growlers conclude their three game weekend Sunday afternoon.

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