Jan 29, 2019 | GeoffRead | 446 views
Every Hawk Earns a Point in 6-4 Victory
Every so often there is a freak occurrence that we can't explain. Circles and patterns appear in fields of wheat; people see unidentified flying objects in the sky; Donald Trump becomes President of the United States.
Well last night, such an event transpired at Argyle Arena. When the Hawks downed the Bandits #27 6-4, every single skater who was dressed for the game earned at least one point. The freakishness of this phenomenon was amply demonstrated by the fact that even Matt "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later" Hodgins earned his first assist of the season. Yes, the conspiracy theorists will be discussing this one for decades.
In all seriousness, it was another great team game by the Hawks and the even distribution of the scoring reflected that. The consummate team player, Jacob Grover, earned an assist on the first goal by keeping the puck in at the blueline, dumping it in the corner to #9, who centred it to Owen Worby for the goal. It was a sign of things to come.
#9 was back in the action on teh second goal when he took a pass from Brendan Walsh in the neutral zone and beat the goalie short side on the rush. The other markers came off the sticks of Callum Knapp, Matt DiCicco, Worby with his second, and #9 with his second as well. The defence was highly active in this game, as Pyper Baker, Hodgins, Jack Churney, and Noah Weber all joined Grover in earning assists. Nathan Senese turned in his second good game in a row up front, and also earned a point.
The Hawks carried the play throughout the match and did a nice job, for the most part, of containing the Bandits' big star player who wore a distinctive red helmet. They were passing well and back and forechecking with conviction. For his part, goaltender Zach Read played very well until the final two goals when he was guilty of failing to stay tight to his post on both of them. But by that time the Hawks had the game in hand.
The result was that the Hawks took 5 out of a possible 6 points in a busy weekend, allowing them to move into sole possession of second place one point behind the league leaders (whom they beat Saturday). This team appears poised to make some noise in the closing weeks of the season and in the playoffs and there will be no need of a conspiracy theory to explain their success.
Go Hawks go!