Friday night the fans got to see something rare on home ice. The boys wore their away black jerseys as they took on the Vulcans.
The Vulcans struck almost immediately in the first period (only 2:30 into the game) on an early power play. A little over 6 minutes later, a great backhand chip off the glass by Hendrickson in the D zone to the neutral zone led to a 2 on 1 opportunity for the Hawks. M. Domagala grabbed the puck out of the air and brought the puck into the near side O zone. He sauces it over a Vulcan defender’s stick to his brother, Elliot Domagala (4)(M. Domagala 7) who beats the Vulcans tendy glove side to tie up the game. 14 seconds later the Hawks go on the power play. The puck is dumped back into the D zone where Metcalf retrieves it and passes it up to Wyatt Garvey (6)(Metcalf 1). Garvey goes end to end, splits the D and scores glove side. 2-1 good guys.
Almost like it was scripted, the Vulcans score again 1:31 into the 2nd period like they did in the first. The game stays tied through regulation but there were multiple opportunities, cross bars and penalties for both teams. We have bonus hockey!
The overtime starts, 3 v 3 for 5 minutes. The boys win the faceoff and possess the puck, crucial in OT. Domagala’s bring the puck into the O zone and M Domagala gets pulled down with no call and now the Vulcans have the puck and get a few shots on net but they both go wide. Both teams trade possession a few times until the Vulcans try to make a stretch pass that bounces over the targeted player’s stick right to Jacob Canfield(4). Canfield plays the puck off the boards to get around a Vulcan player and skates the puck into the zone on the far side blue line. With speed, he cuts towards the goal with a Vulcans Dman draped over him. The Vulcans tendy tries to swipe at the puck with his stick but misses leaving his right side net open. Canfield shoots backhand from a bad angle and scores! WarHawks win it in overtime! This is the second time the WarHawks have beaten the Vulcans in OT.
Tate Metcalf started the game against the Vulcans but had to come out due to an equipment issue. Metcalf saw 12 shots, saving 11 with a 92% save percentage
Chris Ernster came in for Metcalf halfway through the first period. Ernster saw 26 shots, saving 25 with 96% save percentage.
The boys headed to Blaine to have a rematch against the Vulcans Saturday night. Unfortunately, they couldn’t find the same magic as they did the night before. However, it did seem like the game was shaping up to be the same as the night before.
Jesse Hendrickson (2)(Goode 5, Canfield 3) scored in the 2nd period to tie it up and the game was 1-2 Vulcans going into the 3rd. Nothing seemed to go the WarHawks way in the 3rd and they fell to the Vulcans 6-1.
Noah Germain saw 35 shots, saving 30 with an 86% save percentage. He did have to come out for one goal against due to an equipment problem.
The WarHawks are back on home ice Friday November 13th to take on the Alexandria Blizzard for Veterans Appreciation Night and to debut their new Military Jerseys! The boys also have a home game against the Vulcans Saturday night November 14th!
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