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Grizzlys downed by Crusaders

Arthur Gordon scored twice Thursday to lead the Sherwood Park Crusaders to a 5-3 Alberta Junior Hockey League win over the Olds Grizzlys.

OLDS — Arthur Gordon scored twice Thursday to lead the Sherwood Park Crusaders to a 5-3 Alberta Junior Hockey League win over the Olds Grizzlys.

Andrew Taverner, Nicholas Jones and Stefan Bazar, who snuffed a late Grizzlys rally with an empty-net goal in the final minute, also tallied for the Crusaders before 462 fans at the Sportsplex.

Landon Kletke notched a first-period goal for Olds, which got third-period markers from Matthew Marcinew and Blair Oneschuk to cut the visitors’ lead to 4-3.

Sherwood Park was up 3-1 after one period and 4-1 after 40 minutes. The Crusaders were one-for-six on the power play and got a 27-save outing from Matt Tompkins.

Grizzlys starting netminder Jake Tamagi stopped four of seven shots before being replaced by Ethan Jemieff, who made 16 saves. The Grizzlys, who were zero-for-three with a man advantage, host the Okotoks Oilers tonight at 7:30 p.m.