Canie Leads Point Atoms to a 5-2 Victory

The Point Edward Blackhawk Atom hockey team traveled to Strathroy to play the Rockets in Lambton-Middlesex league action and Kaeden Canie led the Blackhawks with four goals in their 5-2 win.

The start of the game had both teams feeling out each other since this was the first meeting for these teams. Both teams defense wouldn’t allow either team to set-up any plays to get a good scoring chance. In the second half of the period, the Rockets hit the board first when they caught the Point defense pinching in to make it a 1-0 game. This seemed to spark the Hawks and they moved to the attack. All the hard worked finally paid off when Canie got his first of four goals when the Rockets couldn’t clear the puck from in front of their net to make it a 1-1 game late in the period.

The Hawks continued to put a lot of pressure on the Rockets in the second period but Strathroy was able to keep the Point away from the net and eliminate scoring off a rebound. Mid-way through the period, Canie scored with a deflection off a Rockets defensemen to give the Hawks a 2-1 lead. The Hawks seemed to find their game and the defense wouldn’t let Strathroy past their blue line, which allowed them to hold a 2-1 lead into the third.

A pep talk by their coach revived the Rockets by increasing their pressure on the Blackhawks. Bailey Reinders made some awesome saves to prevent the Rockets from tying the game. Caley took advantage of Strathroy added pressure, which allowed him to get a breakaway and he made it count by putting the puck in the top right hand corner on the Strathroy goaltender. Play was end to end and the Rockets were able to keep the game close when they scored to make it 3-2 mid-way through the period. The Point put it out of reach near the end of the period when Canie scored two more goals to make it 5-2 to end the game. 

The Hawks play have another two game weekend when they play Ilderton(Blue) at 5pm in the Point on Saturday November 7^th and then play in Strathroy at 3pm on Sunday November 4th.

Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary