Shootout Excitement!

Friday night your Charleswood Hawks hosted the Raiders as the 2 teams met for the 3rd time this season. The last game ended in a tight 1-0 overtime game, so it promised to be another great game. 

The Raiders opened up the scoring early in the 1st, however Matt Lawrence – with the assist from Max Gardiner and Max Fisher – would find the back of the net at 4:04 to tie things up at one a piece after 20 minutes of hockey. 

The second frame saw a lot of evenly matched hockey as shots were 12-10 in favor of the Raiders, At the 18:25 mark, Matt Lawrence would once again find twine as he scored his second of the night unassisted to end 40 minutes of hockey with your Hawks up 2-1! 

The Raiders wouldn’t let up though as they scored twice in the 3rd to give them the lead at 3-2, however your Hawks weren’t about to let up either. In the dying minutes of the 3rd, with our goalie back on the bench for the extra attacker, Austin Hesselbart would score to tie it up at the 19:16! The assists went to Spencer Ferbers and Joben Smith

Overtime would solve nothing as both goaltenders stopped everything that came their way, so it was off to a shootout, where Austin Hesselbart would be the lone scorer, ending the game in a hard fought 4-3 victory for your Hawks! 

Final shots on net were 50-30 for the Raiders, giving Patrick Wiens an amazing .940 save percentage for the game. 

The”Sorrento’s Cup 3 Star” were as follows for this game. 

#3 – Matt Lawrence

#2 – Patrick Wiens

#1 – Austin Hesselbart

Next up for your Hawks, we travel to Transcona to face off against the Railers who lead the season series 3-0 so we’re hungry for a win!