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Golden Hawks tame Tigers

Date: Jan 25, 2010

Finney, Beauchamp lead way in shootout win

Posted By Tim Meeks - The Trentonian

 

Chris Beauchamp picked a fine time to snap a 10-game goal-less drought.

The 19-year-old Midland native scored a pair of unassisted third period goals and picked up an assist, and for good measure added the shootout winner to lead the Trenton Golden Hawks to a 6-5 victory over the Aurora Tigers yesterday in Aurora.

That win, coupled with a 5-1 dusting of the Huntsville Otters Friday in Huntsville, improved the Hawks' Ontario Jr. A Hockey League record to 27-16-3, good enough for sixth place, one point back of the Villanova Knights. Aurora stands four-points back of Trenton in seventh at 24-16-5, with one game in hand.

While Beauchamp led the Hawks offensively, it was goaltender Spencer Finney who stole the show. Despite giving up fivegoals in regulation time, Finney made 49 saves through overtime and then stopped two of three Aurora shots in the shootout to improve his record to 19-7-2.

Jamie Haines (17th) opened the scoring for the Hawks 3:36 into the game on a solo effort.

The Tigers pulled ahead when Sloan Stewart and Daniel Lisi scored 24 seconds apart with less than three mintes left in the opening period.

However, just 15 seconds after Aurora took the lead, Louis Labbe and newcomer Matt Frydrysek combined to set up Logan Gabel (7th) to knot the score at 2-2.

Trenton reclaimed the lead 3:17 into the second period when Brad Gehl (33rd) connected from Haines and Beauchamp.

Lucas VanNatter and David Morley then scored a pair of powerplay goals three minutes apart to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead entering the third period.

Midway through the frame Beauchamp scored back-toback unassisted goals to give the Hawks the lead. But Nick Vangog scored with 7:18 left in regulation to force overtime.

After overtime solved nothing, Curtis Renaud and Beauchamp scored for the Hawks in the shootout, with Morley replying for Aurora.

Friday in Huntsville, the Hawks got off to a slow start and after a scoreless first period, Dane Horvat put the Otters in front with a powerplay goal 7:38 into the middle frame.

It was all Trenton after that, though, as Colin Cook scored his first as a Hawk to tie it at 10:35. Ryan Gieseler and Gehl drew assists on the play.

Just over a minute later Jeremie Gauthier set up Evan Stibbard (23rd) to give the Hawks the lead for good.

In the third period, Gehl, Haines and Adam Baldassarre (3rd) scored for the Hawks, with assists to Joe Davies, Haines, Cory Melkert, Gehl, Gieseler, and Renaud.

Brady Wilyman made 35 saves to improve his record to 4-1-1, as the Otters outshot the Hawks 36-27.

Things don't get any easier for the Hawks this coming Friday when they return to the Community Gardens to face the third place Georgetown Raiders (32-8-3) in a 7:30 p.m. match. Sunday they travel to Milton to face the last place Icehawks (2-41-2).

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