Wylie Birkett scored in his return to LaSalle helping the Listowel Cyclones beat the Vipers 3-1 Wednesday night at the Vollmer Complex. The 19-year old, who has 11 goals and 37 points in 27 games this season, opened the scoring at 18:00 of the first period.
Chet Hudson made it 2-0 for the visitors before Jak Thiessen scored at 7:57 of the second to cut the deficit in half. Ben MacRobbie rounded out the scoring with four seconds left in the middle frame with his 18th of the season.
The Vipers remain in 2nd in the GOJHL's Western Conference but fall three points behind London as the Nationals beat Hamilton 7-1. St. Mary's is tied with LaSalle with 55 points and have a game in hand.
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