The hometown Soo Eagles scored three times in the first and three more in the second as they defeated the visiting Elliot Lake Vikings 6-1 in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Friday night.
Benjamin Pouliot led the Eagles with one goal and two assists while Tyler Fortson contributed one goal and one assist.
The Eagles opened the scoring 6:31 in when Gabriel Fisher netted his fifth of the campaign on an early power play with a helper from Benjamin Pouliot.
The Eagles added to the lead as Tyler Fortson scored his 12th just over two minutes later for the 2-0 lead beating Vikings starter Braydon Garnhart.
Coby Fox scored his fifth of the season with 17 seconds left in the frame to make it 3-0.
Drew Dellies scored his fourth of the season just under threee minutes into the second for the 4-0 lead on a nice transition goal.
Jack Paweski added to the lead with a power-play marker at 5:58. Less than three minutes later Benjamin Pouliot recorded his 18th of the season on a shorthanded effort to increase the Eagles lead to 6-0.
The Vikings Gavin McLenaghan broke the Anthony Zolezzi shutout bid at 13:44 of the third.
The win improved the Eagles record to 22-15-1-1 while the Vikings record fell to 5-26-1-4.
