Noah Janeiro, wearing #44, of the Credit River Capitals trips Owen Trevisanutto of the Northwest Explorers to stop a breakaway on goaltender William Crackower.
Northwest Explorers hockey team off to strong start as Ontario Winter Games action returns to Thunder Bay | CBC News Loaded
The team, which is comprised of players from across northwestern Ontario, began its campaign for gold with a 6-2 win over the Credit River Capitals at the Fort William Gardens on Saturday morning. Owen Trevisanutto and Jace Voortman led the Explorers in goals, scoring two each, while Cooper Disher contributed four assists.
"There's some new kids to the team that haven't played with each other before, so there's some smaller things to clean up," he said. "But for the most part, we just want to do what we're doing and allow them to use their their skill and talent and see what we can do in a short tournament like this.
However, Dubinsky's team had also fallen behind early in their 4 p.m. game, and were down 1-0 in the third end against the Rachel Stoddart rink. They ended up taking all three of their matches Saturday and head into Sunday's competition 3-0.One of the other sports being played during the games second weekend was fencing, with matches taking place at Confederation College.
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