Point Edward Blackhawk Atoms Kickoff A New Season With A Win.

The Point Edward Blackhawk Atom hockey team kicked-off their 2010/11 Lambton-Middlesex League season versus the Lambton Shores Predators with a convincing 6-1 victory.

Right from the season starting puck drop, the Hawks put pressure on the Predators and began the season moving the puck well and showing no signs of cob webs from a summer off. Three minutes into the season opening period, Molloy took a shot on net that rebounded to a diving Nolan Gladwish who made it 1-0. This was a wake-up call for the Predators as they began to play the Hawks head-to-head with both teams digging for the puck. The Hawks capitalized on a rusty Lambton Shores team to get two goals within the last two minutes by Gladwish (2^nd of the period) and Laframboise, who shot it from the blue line to end the period 3-0 in favour of the Point.

The second period started with Lambton Shores getting a breakaway but they couldn’t capitalize on the opportunity as they shot it wide. Gladwish got his hat-trick early in the second by hitting the top corner on a break from center ice. Midway through the period, the Point showed no signs of slowing down as Hawking made a precision pass to Waun who extend the Points lead to 5-0. The Predators settled into a defensive style of play for the remainder of the period.

The Predators started the period by challenging the Hawks and it paid off when they scored early in the period catching the Point off-guard. The Predators continued to fight and with a man down, kept the Point from increasing their lead. The game was taking its toll on the Predators and the Point got one last goal late to end the game at 6-1.

Reinders and MacDonald played an outstanding game in net to share the win.

Blackhawk’s Scoring Summary