Wild double Toronto Moose 8-4
By Bill Rea

John Sturino tucked the Wild's fifth goal into the Toronto Canada Moose net with about two minutes left in the second period of Sunday's contest.

The King Wild had a rocky first period Sunday in their match against Toronto Canada Moose, but they got their act together, especially in the second.

They prevailed on the high end of an 8-4 final.

Captain Mike Bodley gave his mates the early lead after just four minutes of play, assisted by Marc Zanette, but the Moose had the lead by the end of the opening frame, courtesy of a short-handed goal and another on the power play.

King put in four markers in the second to take the lead for keeps, although the foes converted a two-man advantage into another marker late in the period, then tucked the puck home just as the buzzer was sounding.

The wild added three more in the third period to ice the win.

All told, Bodley collected three goals, while Zanette, John Sturino, Mark Trost, Brendan Farrugia and Daniel Douglas each scored once. Zanette and Douglas each contributed three assists, Kurt Zdrillich and Ryan Aikins had two apiece and Bodley and Ryan Williamson had singles.

"I wasn't pleased with the first period," Head Coach Paul Hampton commented, adding they were complacent and "scrambly."

He pointed out this was the first game they had played in two weeks, noting practices get repetitive during layoffs like that.

Having only played five games, the Wild are currently in third place in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League standings with eight points. They trail the Bradford Rattlers with 12 and Richmond Hill Rams with 10.

After a relaxing couple of weeks, the Wild have a busy schedule awaiting them. They will be on the road Friday night to face the South Muskoka Shield in Gravenhurst, then they will be home in King City Saturday for a match against Bradford, starting at 8:30 p.m. Sunday will see them face Richmond Hill for the second time (they played in their first game and it was King's only loss so far). That game will start at 5:45 p.m. Thanksgiving Monday will see the Wild hosting a noon start against South Muskoka.