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Wolves stung with 5-2 loss in Sarnia

The Sudbury Wolves inability to play a 60 minute game cost them again. Saturday night the Wolves lost 5-2 in Sarnia. It was their second 5-2 loss of the weekend. Despite being out-shot 14-4, the Wolves only trailed 1-0 after the first period.
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Sudbury forward Brody Silk notched both the Wolves' markers in the team's losing effort against the Barrie Colts in Barrie on Sept. 11. Photo by Terry Wilson / OHL Images
The Sudbury Wolves inability to play a 60 minute game cost them again.

Saturday night the Wolves lost 5-2 in Sarnia. It was their second 5-2 loss of the weekend.

Despite being out-shot 14-4, the Wolves only trailed 1-0 after the first period.

The Wolves were the better team in the second and were rewarded with the only goal – the third of the season by Danny Desrochers.

The Wolves outshot the Sting 12-8.

But the third period is when the wheels fell off.

The Sting scored four unanswered goals, including one short-handed goal, and one on the power-play.

The Wolves got one back late, the second of the season from rookie Michael Pezzetta, but the damage had already been done.

Wolves head coach Paul Fixter was visibly upset on the bench, at one point slamming the white board on the ground in disgust.

"We made some terrible decisions in the third period, they led to turnovers and they ended up in the back of our net," said Fixter.

"We talked about getting mistakes out of our game and then we go out and play like that. Our margin for error is very low, but tonight our lack of attention to detail was very evident.”

The loss dropped the Wolves season record to 3-17. They are now 1-10 on the road.

The Sting snapped a four-game losing streak and are now 7-10-1-1 on the season.

Wolves forward Danny Desrochers says they are better than their record indicates, but they aren't playing up to their potential.

"We had a strong second period, but in the third we had breakdowns that we've talked about before. It just can't happen," said Desrochers.

"The coaches are teaching us systems, but we all have to buy in to be successful, that's the fact.

The Wolves finish the weekend Sunday night in Kitchener, the hometown of head coach Paul Fixter, and the place he spent six years as an associate coach.

"We have to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and be ready for six o'clock Sunday night," he said.

The Wolves haven't had much success in Kitchener over the years. They are 0-20-3-1 in their last 24 games at the Memorial Auditorium, last winning there on Oct. 22, 1995.

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