Three first period Mississauga goals would prove to be the difference in a 6-4 IceDogs loss to the visiting Steelheads. The Dogs would three times get within a goal but could get no closer.
Down 3-0 after one, Oliver Castleman’s 12th and Ben Jones’ 11th made it 3-2. After the visitors took a 4-2 lead, Akil Thomas would net his 17th to narrow the gap to 4-3.
In the third, after Mississauga extended their advantage to 5-3, Johnny Corneil scored his team leading 21st but a late Steelheads empty-netter closed out the scoring.
Friday night, it’s Peterborough into the Meridian Centre for a 7 o’clock puck drop. 610 CKTB has it covered with the pre-game underway at 6:30.