Ripley Wolves down Elmvale, 5-3, in entertaining style

In what was one of the most entertaining regular season games in memory, the Ripley Wolves defeated the newest North Division team, the Elmvale Harvesters, by a 5-3 score, Saturday night, at the Ripley Arena.

The Wolves trailed, 3-2, after one period but shut down Elmvale's offence from there, while Ethan Skinner scored a natural hat-trick over the last two periods to claim the victory for the hometown team.

Ripley goals were scored by Garrett Meurs, Kaden Hoggarth and Skinner's three, which included a short-handed goal and two unassisted beauties. Assists went to Cody Britton, Hayden Allen, Derek Skinner, Dawson Fahrer, Jordan Moulton, and Meurs.

Ripley goalie Jason Hamilton stopped 26 of 29 shots for the win, while the Wolves peppered Elmvale's goalie with 50 shots.



Dan Nicoloff (left) of the Ripley Wolves gets the puck past the Elmvale defence

Next weekend, the Wolves will host an off-site game against the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks as part of Hockey Day in Kincardine, at the Davidson Centre. The puck drops at 4:30 p.m. Sponsors are Canadian Tire, Kincardine Quick Lube, and Co-Operators – Jennifer Cook and Associates Inc.



Cody Britton (right) of the Wolves fires a shot on the Elmvale net



Gerrit Satosek (right) of the Ripley Wolves braces fro a hit from the Elmvale defence as he skates around him



Garrett Meurs (centre) of the Wolves ends up in the Elmvale net after his scoring attempt