The Soo Greyhounds beat the Brantford Bulldogs in OHL action.

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Somehow the Hounds topped Friday night’s scoring excitement with 11 goals, this time chasing the visitors in a thriller at the downtown skating rink.

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The Hounds erased a two-goal deficit with a furious third-period rally for a 7-5 victory over the Brantford Bulldogs in OHL action at GFL Memorial Gardens on Saturday night.

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“It’s a character win from top to bottom,” head coach John Dean said. “We talked a lot about how we have a team that believes in itself because the score doesn’t matter, and I felt that on the bench. I thought our elite players who had been in the league for a while played very physical hockey when the chips were down and they put the team and their backs on the line. I was very impressed”.

Kirill Kudryavtsev cut the lead to 5-4 just 38 seconds into the third period when his shot from the left point found the back of the net through the right post.

Rookie Arttu Karki tied the game with a power-play goal at 3:36 when he made a cross-ice pass to the open left of Mateo Drobok. Drobok stopped 25 of 31 shots in the loss.

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Owen Allard gave the Hounds a 6-5 lead at 14:22 when his long shot found the back of the net over the Bulldogs goalie’s glove. The goal was Allard’s second of the evening and third of the season.

The Bulldogs applied a lot of pressure, but the Hounds held the line. Dean impressed with Jack Beck’s work late in the third.

The newly acquired striker blocked shots and hit the shooting and passing lanes as the visitors pushed for an equaliser. Beck deflected one solid goal into an open net with aggressive stick work and even managed to force a turnover after he tipped the puck over the glass during a pass between Bulldog teammates.

“Beck’s hockey IQ is second to none,” Dean said. “I can’t tell you how happy he is to be Soo Greyhound. I wish I had this guy since freshman year. He is so fun to coach because he is smart and loves the game. He is not sufficiently aware of how persistent he is. He doubts whether he should go on the ice in a six-on-four game.”

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Beck also contributed to the scoring, scoring four points on the night, scoring one goal and adding three helpers.

Bryce McConnell-Barker finished off the game by scoring into an empty net with 25 seconds left in the game.

The Hounds outshot the visitors 11-5 in the third period and 32-27 overall.

Credit to this team as they were down by three goals early in the second, conceded far more chances than they wanted, had a goal disallowed, but found the determination to see it through in the final stanza. , much to the delight of the 3,615 in attendance.

“That never-give-up attitude is very infectious,” forward Jordan D’Intino said.

“We have a lot of faith in our group,” D’Intino said. “We have been preparing for this for a month and we are ready. We’re going to keep bringing it. And with our strength forward we (never leave the game). We will always bring it (the try) to come back.”

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Travis Hayes also scored for the Hounds.

First-round pick Brady Martin is out of the lineup with what the team is calling a lower-body injury. Martin works every week. Sophomore center Chris Brown also missed the game but is expected to return to the lineup this week. It treats some general soreness in the upper body. The team also released forward Ethan Montroy.

Landon Miller started and played 21:13, hooking Charlie Schenkel on the Bulldogs’ fourth goal early in the second. Miller stopped 9 of 13 shots. Schenkel picked up his second win of the season, stopping 13 of 14 shots in the cleanup.

Marek Vanacker, Nick Lardis, Jake O’Brien, Lawson Sherk and Florian Czekaj scored for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs bowed out of their season opener Friday night when the Sudbury Wolves opened the home portion of their schedule with a 6-2 win.

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The Hounds’ power play was successful on two of three chances. The Bulldogs won 0-2.

The club welcomes the London Knights to the city on Wednesday night. The puck drop will take place at 7:05 p.m. at the downtown skating rink.

The Bulldogs opened the scoring early when Vanaker fired a long shot that beat Miller on the short side at 2:17 of the first period.

The Bulldogs doubled their lead when Lardis beat Miller to the glove with a one-timer to the goalie’s left at 3:25.

Beck got the Hounds on the board when the newly acquired forward stepped up to the net and the puck bounced off his body and into the net at 16:24 of the first period.

Brantford restored its three-goal lead when Sherk singled on Miller and fired into the top of the net at 1:13 of the second period.

Hayes cut the lead to 4-2 when he cut into the crease and was rewarded for his efforts when the puck bounced off his body and into the net. This goal was the rookie’s third of the season at 10:09.

Allard scored his first goal when his long shot from inside the face-off circle went past Drobac at 12:19.

The Bulldogs regained their two-goal lead when Czekai put a shot over Schenkel’s glove at 13:38 of the second period, but the Hounds owned the game from that goal on.

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