Irish Hand Point Atom Blackhawks First Loss
Sarniasports.com   November 6th, 2010
 

In their second away game in less than a week, the  Point Edward Atom Blackhawks travelled to Lucan and the Fighting Irish broke the Hawks unbeaten streak to hand them a 4-3 loss in a hard fought battle.

The first half of the initial period saw Lucan very aggressive towards the Point net but the Hawks defense weren’t giving them any good scoring opportunities. Past the mid-way point of the period, Matt Laframboise stick-handled the puck out of the Hawks zone and past to an opened Nolan Gladwish who broke away and gave the Point a 1-0 lead. The Hawks weren’t able to keep the lead as seconds later Lucan countered off a rebound that went over the Point net-minder’s stick. Before the period ended, Lucan took a 2-1 lead when the Point allowed them to take the puck from a face-off in the Lucan end all the way to the Point zone to score.

The Point continued their disciplined play and dug hard for the puck and it paid off when Gladwish shot the puck at the net and Waun got the rebound to tie the game at 2-2. Both teams were evenly matched as shown by their play from the first half of the game which made for some great hockey. Lucan would take the lead when the Hawks couldn’t clear the zone against an aggressive Fighting Irish team who regained the lead. Hawks missed a close opportunity when Robson shot on net but Waun couldn’t get his second of the period as it went wide to keep the game at 3-2 going into the third.

Early in the third period, Lucan pressured and extended their lead to 4-2 off a tipped shot past a screened Point goalie. The Hawks continued to work hard but couldn’t get a break until the mid-point of the period when Gladwish was allowed to stickhandle around the Lucan defense to make it a close 4-3 game. The Hawks pushed hard for the tie but couldn’t capitalize on any rebounds and took their first loss of the season.

Reinders and MacDonald play awesome in net to keep the game close.

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