Third
Period Penalties Hurt Blackhawks
On
Saturday the Point Edward Bantams travelled to
Lambton Shores Forest Arena to play the Predators in
Lambton- Middlesex league action and took a 4-2 loss
in their second loss of the season.
Being
their first meeting of the season, both teams came
out a bit slow and the bigger ice surface caught the
Hawks a bit off guard. Neither team had any good
scoring chances as the defense seemed to control the
play. The first period ended 0-0.
McGugan got things going early in the period with
the help of Gilroy with a couple of goals within 30
seconds of each other. The first came on a face-off
in the Predators end with Gilroy passing to an open
McGugan who took a quick wrist shot over the
Predators goaltenders glove. Immediately after the
center ice puck drop, the Hawks entered the
Predators zone and McGugan took another wrist shot
between the circles making it 2-0 with assists going
to Wilkinson and Gilroy. Play was pretty even until
the 4 minute mark of the period when the Predators
scored to close the gap to 1 goal going into the
third.
The
third period saw the Hawks let the Predators take
control of the game. The Point got an early penalty
and Lambton Shores capitalized on the man-advantage
to tie the game at 2-2. Mid-way through the period,
the Predators took the lead and this was the turning
point for the Hawks which saw them lose their
composure. In the last few minutes of the game as
they attempted to tie the game, they received a
series of penalties that eliminated their chances of
tying the game and the Predators were able to add a
fourth goal to seal their fate and end it 4-2.
Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary
Period |
Time |
Goal
|
Assist |
Assist |
2 |
12:51 |
Brett
McGugan |
Chris
Gilroy |
|
2 |
12:34 |
Brett
McGugan |
Alex
Wilkinson |
Chris
Gilroy |
Point
Bantams Recover From Loss With an 8-1 Win
On
Sunday the
Point Edward Bantam Blackhawks hosted the Parkhill
Stars at the Point Edward Memorial Arena and gave
the home crowd a great 8-1 show.
The
first period saw both teams in the box which
affected any chances of either team getting any flow
going as seven penalties were assessed. Just as the
period ended, McGugan got things going by jamming
the puck into the net during a scramble in front of
the Stars net and giving the Hawks a 1-0 lead going
into the second.
The
second period saw the Hawks take control of the game
with a majority of the play being in the Stars zone.
It didn’t take the Point much time to extend their
lead when McMichael took a shot from the blueline
and Smith tipped it in. The Stars managed to
retaliate to keep the game close at 2-1 but by the
mid-point of the period the Hawks took back their
two goal lead when Smith took a shot and Marr
getting the rebound and put it around the goalie to
make it 3-1. McMichael got into the action as the
period was ending with a slapper from the blueline
that beat the Stars goalie to give the Point a
comfortable 4-1 lead into the third.
After
killing seven penalties in the first two periods,
the Stars were winded and losing their ability to
get back into the game. The Point controlled the
play and by the end of the period had scored four
unanswered goals by McMichael(2), Taylor, Smith(2)
and Saint to end it 8-1.
Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary
Period |
Time |
Goal
|
Assist |
Assist |
1 |
1:18 |
Brett
McGugan |
Mitchell Kootstra |
Doug
Conroy |
2 |
13:40 |
Tyler
Smith |
Austin
McMichael |
|
2 |
6:19 |
Daniel
Marr |
Tyler
Smith |
|
2 |
2:34 |
Austin
McMicheal |
Chris
Courtemanche |
Tyler
Smith |
3 |
9:34 |
Austin
McMichael |
Tyler
Smith |
|
3 |
7:14 |
Blake
Tayler |
Tyler
Smith |
|
3 |
6:08 |
Tyler
Smith |
|
|
3 |
5:15 |
Marcus
Saint |
Tyler
Smith |
Jonathan Boccanfuso |
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