Jack O’Donnell’s first period marker stood up as the game winner as the Listowel Cyclones cruised to a 4-1 win over the Fort Erie Meteors on Wednesday night.
The Midwestern Division champion Cyclones improved to 2-1 in the round-robin portion of the Sutherland Cup junior B championships series. Fort Erie, who won the Golden Horseshoe playoffs, dropped to 1-2.
It was O’Donnell’s eighth goal of the playoffs, coming on the power play, after Chet Hudson opened the scoring for Listowel. Ben McRobbie scored his ninth goal of the playoffs in the second period to extend the lead to 3-0.
Chaka-Benjamin Ntumba-Muntu got one back for the Meteors in the third period. Tanner Dietz iced the win with an empty netter with 17 seconds remaining.
Dixon Grimes stopped 24 of 25 pucks shot his way in net for the Cyclones.
Fort Erie are at the Western Junior B League champion St. Marys Lincolns (1-1) on Friday night. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. at the Pyramid Recreation Centre.
The final game of the round-robin is Sunday when Listowel host St. Marys at 7:30 p.m.
Top two teams after the round-robin play a best-of-seven series for the Sutherland Cup championship.
