Hawks rout Millionaires for second straight road win
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The Nipawin Hawks routed the Melville Millionaires Tuesday 6-1 in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) action.
Meeting the Millionaires for the second time of six on the year and seeking another win over Melville after Nipawin took game one of the season series 4-2 on Nov. 7. The Hawks got down early, but rebounded with a half a dozen unanswered goals leading to the rout. Luc Bydal opened the scoring at the 3:18 mark of the first period on a Melville power-play giving the home side the lead, however Finley Radloff tied the game with his sixth goal of the year to knot the score 1-1.
With the score still tied in the second period, Joel Mabin scored his sixth goal of the season, Artem Hrabovetskyi added two power-play goals to push his total to six goals on the year, as the Hawks took a 4-1 lead into the second intermission. Mabin said the team played well and his game winner was a beneficial bounce that spring-boarded the team to the win.
“We started the game really good,” the 20-year-old forward told northeastNOW after the game. “I got a little lucky bounce in the slot, I honestly thought it was in the corner, not on the net. I was going to forecheck and I [saw] it was in. I got pretty excited.”
