The
Northern Hawks tallied twice in each period Sunday en route to
doubling up the
Screaming Eagles 6-3 Sunday evening in
Thunder
Bay Jr. B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League
action at Delaney Arena.
Nathan Spina, with his league-leading 17th of the season, along
with Will Moore’s
power play effort put the first place Hawks up a pair after one
period of play.
After Travis Tom got the Eagles on the board early in the middle
frame Zac Sentence
would strike twice to put the Hawks up 4-1.
Jarred Sugarhead would cut the deficit before the stanza was out
making it a
two-goal contest after 40 minutes.
Charlie Debungey’s shorthanded goal 6:16 into the third period
brought the
Hawks to within one, but Kyle MacLeod and Sean Cunninghame would
answer back
for the Hawks to round out the scoring.
Markus Leikkari made 21 stops to pick-up the win for the Hawks who
pumped 56
shots on Curtis Barker in the Eagles’ net.
League play resumes Tuesday when the Jr. B Stars host the Nipigon
Elks at the
Tournament Centre. Game time is 8 p.m.