Dragons Blank Point Novice Blackhawks 5-0 in Playoff Action
February 23, 2008

The Point Edward Novice hockey team traveled to Dorchester to play the Dragons in the third game of their Lambton-Middlesex semi-final playoff series and lost 5-0. The series is tied at 3 points apiece.

From the start of the game, things went the Dragons way when they got a goal in the first minute of play on a screened dump shot to take an early 1-0 lead. The Point pushed hard throughout the period but the Dorchester goaltending was hot. Play was end-to-end in this game between equally matched teams. The Dragons took advantage of the Hawks defense pinching in to get a breakaway and with 3 seconds left extended their lead to 2-0 to end the period.

With a 2-0 lead, Dorchester began to push hard but the Hawks defense and Bailey Reinders came up big to keep the Hawks close. The Point just couldn’t get any breaks and even on a power play opportunity they couldn’t capitalize. The second ended 2-0 for Dorchester.

The third period saw Dorchester get all the breaks when midway through the period, the Point couldn’t clear the puck and they jammed in a trickler to make it 3-0. With 4 minutes left, the Hawks broke down and let the Dragons score 2 more goals in less than a minute to put the game out of reach and end the game 5-0 for Dorchester.

With the series tied at 3 points each, Game #4 in the series is on Thursday, February 28th at 7pm in the Point and Game 5 is on Saturday March 1^st in Aylmer at 12pm.