THUNDER BAY – Kyle Auger’s days as a fourth forward aren’t over yet.
The Lakehead Thunderwolves defenceman scored twice on Saturday night, including the overtime winner, earning his team a weekend sweep with a 5-4 win over the visiting Concordia Stingers at Fort William Gardens.
Auger, who led all Superior International Junior Hockey League defencemen last season with 102 points, had yet to score in his rookie campaign with the Thunderwolves, though he had put up six assists in 10 OUA appearances.
Both goals on Saturday night put the Wolves in front.
His first came on the power play with 3:31 to go in the second, putting Lakehead in front 4-3.
His second ended the contest 59 seconds into the extra frame.
It’s a game the Stingers led on three separate occasions, but unfortunately not when it mattered most.
Colin Grannary, Liam Murphy and Marshall Wilton each put Concordia in front, but Josh Laframboise, Jordan King and Scott Gall, with his second of the year, 33 seconds after Wilton made it 3-2 for the visitors, answered back to tie the game.
Nic Renyard was good on 23 of 27 shots for Lakehead, while Marc-Antoine Turcotte stopped 24 of 28 shots before giving way to Sebastien Lefebvre to start the third. Lakehead outshot their opponent 42-27.
The win improves the Thunderwolves record to 5-5-1, good for seventh in the OUA West.
The Stingers dropped to 5-5-2 and are third in the OUA East.
The Wolves hit the road for three next weekend, starting with Waterloo on Thursday night before heading to Toronto for games on Friday and Saturday against Ryerson.
