The Point Novice Team Wins 5-2 versus Strathroy(Blue)

The Point Edward Novice hockey team traveled to Strathroy to play the Strathroy Blue hockey team and won 5-2 in Lambton-Middlesex league action.

The Hawks started the game a bit slow with the first half of the game being dominated by the Strathroy team. Bailey Reinders played a big role in keeping Strathroy off the board. As the period went on the Point slowly grew stronger and began playing Strathroy head to head and the play shifted to the Strathroy end. The period ended 0-0.

Early in the second, Strathroy got a big break when the Point couldn’t clear a rebound and they capitalized on the opportunity to take a 1-0 lead two minutes into the period. The Hawks had a power play opportunity but couldn’t take advantage of the extra attacker but as play went on, they grew stronger and with less than 2minutes to play in the period Joseph Correia one timed a pass from Lucas Ross and Brooke Kirkland to tie the game at 1-1. One minute later the Point took a 2-1 lead to end the period when Kaeden Caine scored off Nathan Edlington and Mackenzie Caley passes.

The third period had all the momentum going with the Point. Christopher Dunn got things going 1 minute into the period to extend the Hawks lead. Strathroy continued to battle the Hawks and was able to shorten the lead to 3-2 but shortly after the Point retaliated to get their two-goal advantage back when Lucas Ross scored off Christopher Dunn and Spencer Preece passes. The Blackhawks extend their lead to 5-2 when Joshua Vale scored just before curfew hit to give the Hawks the win.

The Point’s take a two-week hiatus from league play and will be traveling to Dresden on the Feb 1^st weekend to play in the John MacDonald Memorial hockey tournament. Their first game is 7pm on Thursday Jan 31^st.

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