Powassan Voodoos forward Jax Pereira tied the game late in regulation, then ripped in the game-winner while going in alone 4:35 into overtime, to lift his side to a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Espanola Paper Kings Saturday in an action-packed Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair at the Regional Recreation Complex.

The Voodoos were quick to take flight on the night as Heath Bradley benefitted from a play that skipped into the slot that he promptly pumped over the shoulder of Paper Kings starter Jack Helkie just 2:42 into the proceedings.

Espanola drew level on a man advantage deep into second stanza as a Carter Brownlee shot from the high slot flipped around in front where Graydon Guthrie eventually finished off a frenzied goal-mouth scramble at 16:03.

Striking in the first min

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