Michael Amadio put on his Team OHL jersey tonight in Windsor for Game 4 of the Canada vs Russia Subway Series.
The Battalion forward wasn’t able to score at the torrid pace he did Sunday against Barrie, where he netted a career high 6 point game, but instead the Sault Ste. Marie product showed off his 200-foot game and his value as a key penalty killer.
Amadio, wearing his number 18, was slotted on a line with Brendan Perlini, who has roots in Sault Ste. Marie as well, and Flint Firebirds forward Will Bitten.
The Battalion forward had a good late first period rush as he got a quick shot away near the slot but it went wide as Team OHL trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes.
Amadio’s best chance came on a shorthanded 2 on 1 in the third period, where Amadio broke out of the OHL zone and fed the Fronts Lawson Crouse who was robbed by the Russian netminder Alexander Trushkov.
With the net empty and a late penalty on Pete’s forward Eric Cornel, Team OHL called on Amadio and Crouse to be on the ice in the final minute during 6 on 4 action with the Russian net empty.
Amadio won a defensive zone face-off with 14 seconds remaining and sent the puck down the ice to secure the 2-1 win.
Sarnia Sting forward Jordan Kyrou and Kingston’s Spencer Watson did the scoring for Team OHL which secured the Canada/Russia Subway Series victory for the CHL as Team OHL won the fourth straight game with two more games left as the Russians head East to face Team QMJHL.
Amadio will return to put on his North Bay Battalion jesrey as the Troops prepare for a visit from his OHL All-Star teammates’ Spencer Watson and Lawson Crouse’s Kingston Frontenacs.
That game will mark the debut for one of the Battalion’s OHL All-Star Canada-Russia Series players from last year, as Kyle Wood will return to the lineup on Thursday night.
