The Milton Winterhawks came to Ancaster to face the
Avalanche on Sunday. It had been about 2
weeks since Milton had seen some real game action. The
layoff made it certain the Winter Hawks would be like a racehorse eager to
leave the gate.
Marcus took advantage of a First Period Ancaster Power play with his 21st goal and a 1-0 Ancaster lead was on the board. Following the first goal, Milton ran into some penalty trouble and Ancaster had a brief 5 on 3 advantage. Shortly after the first Milton penalty expired Ancaster took a penalty. The 4 on 4 hockey didn’t last long enough as Milton scored almost immediately upon gaining the man advantage. The turn of events was a critical turn as the game would evolve. A goal on the 5 on 3 would have given Ancaster a nice 2 goal cushion, but fate turned and the score was now tied.
Milton took a 2-1 lead again on the power play early in period 3 and the offensively challenged Avalanche were put in a tough spot of needing to come from behind. Sean looked like a possible hero when he tied the game at 5:15 of the third. The tie was short lived however as a failure to pin Milton deep resulted in Milton gaining a 3-2 lead just 25 seconds later.
Despite some chances by Joseph, Andrew, Eric and Kyle, Ancaster could not find the tying maker and Milton had a 3-2 victory.
The loss forces Ancaster to pull out a victory Sunday night in Milton.
Hard Hat – Caelen.