Hawks kick off 2024 with home showdown with Klippers

The Nipawin Hawks return from their holiday break Wednesday with a matchup against the Kindersley Klippers at the Centennial Arena.

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) clubs are tied for fifth in the league standings with 30 points each and have also beaten each other once this year. Hawks Head Coach Tad Kozun said the team is excited to get back on the ice, especially with a crucial game point wise.

“It’s always nice to hit the ground running, get our feet back, get our legs back, just get back to Hawks’ hockey,” he said ahead of the club’s gameday meeting at the ‘Cage.’ “We’ve like dour preparation coming into the day, so we’ve got to carry that on and be ready to go tonight.”

Nipawin is a pair of games below the .500 mark with a record of 14-16-0-2, through 32 of the season’s 56-game schedule. Kozun admitted that the results of the first half of the season aren’t good enough, but the team is going to use the record as motivation over the final 24 games.