The Point Edward Atom Blackhawks hosted the
Strathroy(Blue) Rockets in Lambton -Middlesex league
action and came out with a 5-1 victory heading into
the Christmas break.
The Point came out hard against
their old rival, putting the Rockets on their heels
and forcing them to play defensively. The Blackhawks
hit the board first when Gladwish stick-handled the
puck around the Rockets net and used the defense as
a screen to make it 1-0. Shortly thereafter, Best
drove the puck into the Rockets corner and passed to
an open Kennedy who made it 2-0. The remaining of
the period saw the majority of action in the
Strathroy end and the Point goalie seeing little
action in net.
The second period continued as
the first with play mainly in the Rockets end. The
Point was able to extend their lead when Kennedy
returned the favour and set up Best who put in a
backhander from the front of the net. The Hawks had
a missed opportunity when Hocking passed to an open
Justin Waun but he couldn't connect the one-timer
and the second ended 3-0.
Strathroy couldn't seem to get
into a rhythm and the Point made sure they couldn't
with very aggressive fore-checking. The pairing of
Kennedy and Best connected once again when Kennedy
won the draw to Best who drove to the Strathroy end
and top shelved it to make it 4-0. Strathroy quickly
retaliated but it was too little too late as they
got into penalty trouble and Best and Kennedy hooked
up one final time to end the game 5-1 for the Point.
Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary
Period |
Time |
Goal
|
Assist |
Assist |
1 |
7:23 |
Nolan Galdwish |
Cole Malloy |
Matthew Davis |
1 |
4:23 |
Garrett Kennedy |
Noah Best |
Nicolas Robson |
2 |
6:49 |
Noah Best |
Garrett Kennedy |
Daniel Luciani |
3 |
12:10 |
Noah Best |
Garrett Kennedy |
Jacob Cunningham |
3 |
5:42 |
Garrett Kennedy |
Noah Best |
Jeffrey Wasson |
|