The U15
Nomad Golden Hawks started their season with 3 games in 3 days.
On Friday
the team would face the North Durham Warriors.
Chloe Reid would make her team debut in net and secure the 7 to 1 victory. Scoring for the Hawks would be Cohen Heales
(2), Camden Slone (2), Logan Fonger, Daniel McNeill and Rhys Lawrence all with
singles. Assists go to Keegan Goulah (4),
Kale Tawse, Heales (2), Joey Nieman and Slone.
On Saturday
the team would make the trek to face the Oshawa Generals in what would prove to
be a game full of penalties for both the Hawks and the Generals. Oshawa would open the scoring with 2 goals in
the first. The Hawks would capitalize on
their power play in the second and score 4 power play goals by Daniel McNeill,
Cohen Heales (2) and Keegan Goulah.
Sullivan Tait would add one to the tally and Andrew Gilson would score a
shorthanded goal in the 3rd to lead the team to a 6 to 3 win. The Nomads would ward off the Generals attack
in the 3rd which saw the Hawks battling several minutes in a 5 on 3
penalty kill. Owen Curran robbed the Generals
of several goals during the attack.
Assists from Goulah (2), Camden Slone, Heales (2), Rhys Lawrence and
Joey Nieman.
On Sunday
the Golden Hawks would face their first loss of the weekend but it was not
before they fought their way back from trailing Whitby Blue 5 to 0 for the
first two periods. The Hawks would dig
deep in the third to try and come back where they had 4 unanswered goals and
were battling until the final buzzer.
Logan Fonger, Joey Nieman, Daniel McNeill and Keegan Goulah would all
find the back of the net while teammates Cohen Heales (2), Sullivan Tait,
Nieman and Cam Wood would all earn assists.
Owen Curran and Chloe Reid would share duties between the pipes.
This weekend
the team is set to face Clarington Toros on Saturday and on Sunday at 6:45pm at
the Duncan McDonald arena they will take on the Peterborough Petes.