Making their way back home to Northern Ontario on Thanksgiving Sunday, the Sudbury Wolves were undoubtedly ready to give thanks to the end of a gruelling stretch of hockey that opened the 2025-26 campaign.

It goes beyond simply the fact that five of their first seven games were on the road — and seven of their first nine.

In compiling a record of 0-6-1-0 out of the gate, the Wolves faced teams that currently boast a combined record of 27-12-2-2, with a third of their games to date against a pair of opponents ranked second and third in the entire country.

In doubling the Erie Otters 6-3 on Saturday night in Pennsylvania, the Wolves knocked off the very first adversary they faced who found themselves more than one game below the .500 mark.

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