The Barrie Colts were more than a little miffed following a 6-0 loss on home ice last Saturday at the hands of the Sudbury Wolves.
In the rematch Friday night in northern Ontario, it was clear the Colts were out for their pound of flesh.
A relatively young Wolves team, however, not only more than held their own physically but once again demonstrated why there is a buzz about the city this fall, extending their season-opening winning streak to three games with a 5-2 win.
A 2-0 first period lead that saw 2026 first round pick Kash Kwajah set up Vladimir Provorov perfectly with a no-look cross-crease back-hand pass before scoring the first goal of his OHL career may have left locals thinking another cakewalk was on hand.
The visitors had other ideas in mind, equalizing the contest in period two courtesy of snipes from Sebastian Mogull (on the power play) and Jonah McCormick.
The 2-2 score only seemed to energize the Wolves who pulled ahead some three minutes after the deadlock was created when Patrik Ula converted on a goal-mouth scramble. Jean-Cristoph Lemieux added some insurance in the opening minute of period three and Kwajah wrapped up a memorable night with an empty-net tally thanks to an unselfish feed from Rowan Henderson.
Making his third straight start in net, overager Paolo Frasca recorded 29 saves as his goals against average actually rose in this game - all the way to 1.00 following 2-1 and 6-0 victories last weekend.
Making their 2026-2027 debut in a Wolves uniform were Finn Kearns, Jan Chovan, JC Lemieux and Artem Gonchar as the divisional front-runners prepare to face the 0-4-0 Brampton Steelheads on Sunday afternoon.
The contest will mark the first encounter between top-end draft pick Tanner Adams and the team which drafted him - but to whom he refused to report. Just 16 years of age, Adams showed some gumption by dropping the gloves in the third with Barrie veteran Evan Passmore, a defenceman who turns 20 in December and has racked up 173 penalty minutes over the course of his four years with the Colts.
