Vanderburg's hat trick leads St. Mary's over Port Huron Northern

PORT HURON -- Freshman Mitchel Vanderburg scored three goals to lead Orchard Lake St. Mary's over Port Huron Northern in MIHL boys hockey action on Tuesday night.

After Bobby King of Port Huron Northern opened the scoring in the first period, Vanderburg and Cody Milan scored for St. Mary's, only to have Kyle Truscott of Port Huron Northern tie the game. Trevor Bardallis of the Eaglets broke the tie at the end of the period and St. Mary's never looked back.

Vanderburg and Shane Bednard scored for St. Mary's in the second period to extend the lead to 5-2.

The Huskies' Lewis Nowakowski scored early in the third period to bring Port Huron Northern within two, but Vanderburg got his hat trick off an assist from Cody Milan for the final margin.

Eaglets goalie Joe Janiga stopped 12 of 15 shots, and Husky goalie Wade Holcomb had 30 saves.

St. Mary's (2-0-0) faces Grosse Pointe North in the Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday at 5 pm at Wallace Ice Arena.

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