A relatively evenly played first period went without a goal

The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners put an end to an eight-game losing streak Friday by scoring four times in the third period to defeat the Soo Eagles 4-2 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League meeting at Joe Mavrinac Community Complex.

A relatively evenly played first period went without a goal as the clubs reached the initial intermission still knotted at 0-0.

In the second stanza, Sault Ste. Marie broke the deadlock moments into a man advantage when Coulsen Bell took a cross-ice feed from Colton Huckson and fired a low shot from the right side that went under Kirkland Lake’s Glen McInnes.

The chippy session saw the Eagles carry their slim cushion through the remainder of the frame.

Up a skater themselves nine minutes into the third, Ben Lyons tied it for the Gold Miners as he tipped