Wolves' Netminder Named OHL's Player of the Week
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18A Northern Life n Thursday, October 11, 2018 Get more online! For more sports news about Greater Sudbury athletes, including more in-depth features, high school and youth sports game reports, visit Sudbury.com. 24 Hour AT YOUR SERVICE Emergency Service In Business Over 25 Years Available Plumbing & Heating Ltd. LIFETIME WARRANTY • Air Conditioning • 581 Edna Street 705.671.8014 FREE ESTIMATE www.castlesudbury.com 705-523-3330 Chris’: 82 Lorne St., Sudbury Grove’s: 1836 Regent St., Sudbury Neil’s: 5200 Highway 69 N., Hanmer Battistelli’s: 65 Regional Road #24, Lively Chartrand’s: 4764-17 Regional Road 15, Chelmsford SALE SAVE $6 LB 99 99Ib 29 3 5 1 SUPPLIED The Ontario Hockey League announced Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is the OHL ‘On the Run’ Player of the Week, for the week ending Oct. 7, posting a 3-0-0-0 record with a goals-against-average of 1.66 and save percentage of .952. Kraft peanut butter striploin steak family size bone-in, large broccoli each product of Ontario or 750g-1 kg or Hockey cut from Canada AA or USDA select Farmers Market™ carrots or onions 3 lb bag Kraft jam 500 mL grade beef 13.21/kg product of Ontario, Canada, no. 1 grade selected varieties Flyer prices effective from Thursday, October 11th, 2018 to Wednesday, October 17th, 2018. Visit our WEBSITE at: yourindependentgrocer.ca Wolves’ netminder named Quantities and/or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in all stores. No Rainchecks OR Substitutions on clearance items or where quantities are advertised as limited. Advertised regular pricing and product selection (flavour, colour, patterns, style) may vary by store location. We reserve the right to limit quantities to reasonable family requirements. We are not obligated to sell items based on errors or misprints in typography or photography. PRICING: All references of “Save, Was, Now, Savings, etc.,” is in comparison to on our own regular prices. Coupons must be presented and redeemed at time of purchase. Savings shown may be greater depending on store location. Applicable taxes, deposits, or environmental surcharges are extra. No sales to OHL’s player of the week retail outlets. The trade-marks, service marks and logos displayed in this flyer are trade-marks of Loblaws Inc. and others © 2018 Loblaws Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was LUUKKONEN like a wall during last week’s road games NORTHERN LIFE STAFF What a difference a great goalie can make. During the Sudbury Wolves’ trio of road games last week, Finnish import Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was a veritable wall, turning Otters on Friday night, then wrapped up the aside 99 shots and helping the Pack to its first road trip with 30 stops in a 3-2 overtime tri- five-game winning streak in recent memory. umph against the Kitchener Rangers on Sun- Wolves fans aren’t the only ones who day afternoon. noticed Luukkonen’s performance. The 19-year-old hails from Espoo, Finland, The Ontario Hockey League today and was picked third overall by the Wolves announced the Buffalo Sabres prospect is the in the CHL Import Draft, the first European TWO LOCATIONS SUDBURY OHL ‘On the Run’ Player of the Week, for the goaltender to be selected since 2013. week ending Oct. 7. He posted a 3-0-0-0 record “His perfect start has situated him among 2208 LASALLE BLVD. with a goals-against-average of 1.66 and save the league’s goaltending leaders with a 1933 REGENT ST. SOUTH percentage of .952. goals-against-average of 1.78 and save per- With five straight wins, the Wolves sit centage of .944 while his five wins are a top atop the league’s overall standings with 12 mark,” the OHL said in a news release. points. On Thursday night, Luukkonen had The Sabres picked Luukkonen in the sec- Sell your car in Sell your house in a first-star performance between the pipes ond round of the 2017 NHL Draft and signed with a season-high 46 saves in a 3-2 win over him to an entry-level contract in June. the Niagara IceDogs. Luukkonen made 23 saves as part of a 4-1 victory over the Erie @Sudburydotcom.