The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres had yet another game against the Dryden Ice Dogs end the usual way, falling 4-2 up there last night to cap a four-game road trip.
The Sabres opened and closed the scoring with power-play goals by Mario Boivin in the first period and Ray Pressacco in the third, but managed nothing in between while Dryden netted four unanswered tallies.
David Novak started in goal as expected, turning aside 26 shots on the night, including a perfect 14 of 14 in the third period to keep Fort Frances in the game.
If the outcome and the second-period meltdown (two goals by Dryden, including one shorthanded) were common for the team, the Sabres were on their best behaviour.
The visitors drew only seven penalties in the game—a relative victory, especially considering the 15 infractions the Ice Dogs incurred, led by six (including a 10-minute misconduct) by left-winger Austin Helie.
Dryden’s Marlon Gardner scored his 12th goal on the season in the first to further his lead in the SIJHL’s goal-scoring race.
Sabres’ captain Quinn Amiel, who leads the league’s overall point race, did not register one last night.
The loss kept the Sabres (3-6-2-1) in sixth place, tied in points with the Schreiber Diesels and one point behind the Marathon Renegades.
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