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Dec 10, 2013 | NButh | 2171 views
Caledon Hawks Bantam AE Win A Thriller vs The Oakville Rangers
Monday Dec 9, the power house Oakville Rangers invaded The Caledon East Arena to take on the underdog Caledon Hawks Bantam AE Rep hockey team. In what could arguably be one of the most entertaining and thrilling games of the year, The Hawks won in a come from behind nail biter 5 – 4!

The game started off with an incredible pace with play up and down the ice at a furious speed. Starting Hawks goalie Robbie Lockhart faced 5 shots early in the first period and on the sixth shot the puck snuck through his pad and hit his knee resulting in a game ending injury.  Micheal Doyle was put into service and held the Hawks in from there on saving 15 of 19 shots he faced.

The Hawks opened the scoring at 5:36 of the first period as call up Mattias Biesenthal, took a nice pass from Jake Buth and found the back of the Rangers net with a great shot. Then at 2:31 of the first period, Biesenthal returned the favor to Buth by taking a pass from Nicolas Eck and feeding Buth for his first of two goals on the night.

The Rangers got back into the game by scoring two unanswered goals in the second period. Then early in what could be considered one of the most exciting third periods of the year,  the Rangers scored again to take a 3-2 lead. Shortly after though The Hawks tied the game up with Buth scoring his second of the game again with Biesenthal and Eck assisting. The pace of the game picked up to an incredible speed with play back and forth. The Rangers were able to regain the lead with a goal at 11:42.

The Hawks did not give up though and dug deep with defensemen Josh Coulson, Ryan Defoa, Rane Eggengoor, Hunter MacGregor, and Jordan Lollino shutting down the Rangers for the rest of the game. Forwards Patrick Abbott, Daniel Marrano, Quade McKinnon, Michael Nunes, and Timothy Castellin worked hard keeping the pressure on the Rangers defence. The Hawks outworked The Rangers and eventually tied the game up with a beautiful unassisted breakaway goal by Biesenthal.

Biesenthal’s goal swung the momentum towards The Hawks, and shortly after at 7:25 of the third period Jared Eggengoor scored what proved to be the game winner taking a pass from Ryan Harding and buried a shot in the back of The Rangers net. The final 7 minutes of the game proved to be the most entertaining hockey of the year with a desperation style of hockey from both sides with The Rangers pulling their goalie towards the end of the game for the extra attacker, and The Hawks holding on for the win.

Regular Hawks players Jordan Monaco and Lucas Conte were not able to play so call ups Mattias Biesenthal and Timothy Castellin joined the team for the game.

Coach Jeff Monaco was very pleased, “I am so proud of the way the boys played tonight. They didn’t give up and kept working and working, and wow what a great game!”

Assistant Coach Mark Eggengoor said, “I think that was the best game we’ve played all year. Oakville is always a powerful team and we have struggled to beat them in the past so it was just awesome to see the team play so well and get the results they deserve.”

The Caledon Hawks Bantam AE Team would like to thank sponsors Sandcastle Energy Systems, Country Homes, Coulson Contracting, Greenpark Homes, Halton Forming, Fieldgate Homes, Cancian Construction, and Green Gables Farm. The Hawks travel to Erin on Thursday Dec 12th to take on the Erin-Hillsburg Devils.

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