The Niagara Falls Canucks host the Caledon Admirals in Ontario Junior Hockey League action on Friday, hoping to win their third game in a row.

A victory in the 7 p.m. puck drop at Gale Centre would also improve the team’s record to 8-9 after starting the regular season with one win in their first seven games.

“We have played well the past couple of weeks,” Canucks co-owner/head coach Frank Pietrangelo said. “Our start was not a good one, but since then, we have gone 6-3 and have played much better hockey.

“We have a ways to go still, but it’s encouraging nonetheless.”

Pietrangelo, a Niagara Falls native and a Stanley Cup winner with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991, couldn’t pinpoint one “specific thing” that has impressed him most about the team’s turnaround.

“We have started to score

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