In front of the largest crowd of the season (2197) and on the annual Teddy Bear toss game the Thunderwolves defeated Toronto 6-4.
The Wolves came out of the starting blocks flying and getting multiple scoring opportunities before the Teddy Bears were tossed when Ben Badalamenti would open the scoring on a feed from Tyler Ho.
The Wolves would strike again shortly after the bears were picked up to go up 2-0 when Jordan King would bang in a loose puck in the goal mouth past Toronto netminder Jett Alexander.
Before the period was out Ben Badalamenti would get his second goal of the game off of a gorgeous feed from Joe Mack to put the Wolves up 3-0 after the first.
In the second stanza Toronto would storm back in the first half of the period with Quinn Hanna, David Thomson and Cole Purboo scoring three goals in a span of four minutes and eight seconds to tie the game up 3-3.
The Wolves would respond in the back half of the period when Ben Badalamenti would complete the hatrick when he picked up his own rebound and tucked it in, with a wrap around to give the Wolves the lead 4-3.
Before the period was up Tyler Ho would clean up a rebound and easily beat Alexander to put the Wolves up 5-3 heading into the break.
In the final frame Toronto's Owen Robinson would strike on the powerplay when he beat Wolves netminder Brock Aiken with a bullet of a one timer to cut the Wolves lead to 5-4.
Lakehead would strike late in the period when Freshmen Dylan Massie would score into the empty net and seal the win for the Thunderwolves.
Lakehead would like to thank our awesome fans for all their support with the Teddy Bear toss as we ended up with 35 bags of bears which will be distributed to local children's charities and will make a lot of children very happy this holiday season.
Lakehead would like to wish all of our fans a very happy and safe holiday season!
Lakehead's next games will be Jan 6 and 7 as they start the first of ten straight road games over 5 weeks at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto vs the Ryerson Rams.
Molson 5 Forks 3 Stars of the Game:
- Ben Badalamenti - Lakehead
- Tyler Ho - Lakehead
- Joe Mack - Lakehead