DUBLIN, OH - Despite a short bench, the Arrowhawks gave the Eskimos fits Friday. But they couldn't overcome the Mo's talented wingers -- ultimately losing the game 3-1.
Some were worried the score might have been worse. It certainly could have been, but the Hawks skated hard in spurts. Terry Walker, Mike Gauthier and Mac Lawless were brilliant defensively.
The Eskimos jumped to the lead at 8:42 of the first period. #16 Eric Ott scored on what is normally a routine save for Jason Jensen.
"He shot from just outside the red line and somehow it found a crease. I should have had that one," said Jensen after the game. Outside of that goal, Jensen stood on his head, turning away nearly everything.
"Take away those three goals and you were perfect," said Mike Gauthier from the locker room.
The Mo's struck again with an unassisted goal by #3, 2 minutes later to make the score 2-0. It appeared the Mo's were going to go on a run of goals but the Hawks dug in.
Mac Lawless scored the Hawks lone goal at 8:18 in the second with a brilliant coast-to-coast job and a deke past the skilled and very large Eskimo netminder.
The Eskimos entered the night in first place and exited just the same.
"We made them work for it," said Oleg Chetverikov. Oleg played well and many opportunities to score.
"We'll see them again. Next time we'll have our full team. That'll be fun," said Lawless.
MIA
Mark Monahan, Tom Morgan, Jason Torsok, Barry Snow, Nick Lanctot, Nate Mensel & Kevin Griffith were all out for the game. That's a ton of goal scoring power on the shelf. No worries folks, they'll be back on the ice next week.
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