Logan Vale made 42 saves to backstop the Espanola Paper Kings to a 3-1 win over the Timmins Rock at the McIntyre Arena, Friday night. Article content

It was the first half of a home-and-home series that will see the two sides face off against each other at the Espanola Regional Recreation Complex, on Saturday, at 7 p.m. Article content Article content

Vale held the Rock off the scoreboard for more than 56 minutes, although it appeared they had gotten the puck past him in the first period.

But referee Josh Gonzalez, who had a bird’s eye view of the play, waved off what appeared to be Diego Da Silva’s sixth goal of the season, ruling the net had come off its pegs when Rock forward Brant Romaniuk and Espanola defender Carter Makasoff crashed into the post seconds earlier.

Da Silva and

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