All three Hawks lead way at All Star Game
It was a night of killer instinct for the Winter Hawks.
At the Dan Snyder Memorial Arena, in Elmira, Cambridge Winter Hawks’ Josh Timpano, Michael Christou, and Ryan Clarke represented the black, red and white, on the Midwestern Conference All Star team.
In the first of two contests, the Midwest took the first game by a score of 6-5.
Teamed up on the same line, Christou, Clarke and Timpano went to work on Golden Horseshoe netminders Brad Pope (St. Catherine’s Falcons) and Matt Coulombe (Welland Canadians). On a beauty tic-tac-toe play against Pope, Timpano and Clarke fed Christou on the backdoor, putting away the second period tying score. Christou’s first goal of this All Star game signaled the threat this line could be against the Golden Horseshoe.
Earlier, Golden Horseshoe conference defense men were physically tangling up Christou and Timpano. Generally, All Star games at this level lack that certain physicality. It was clear that Christou, Clarke and Timpano were going to be all over the net, all night.
Bouncing back after Christou’s goal in the second, the Golden Horseshoe’s Riley Jakobschuk and Mike Marquis put away two scores to keep the Golden Horseshoe on top of the Midwest, 5-3, into the third period.
But the ex-fishbowl combo of Timpano and Christou struck again, thanks to a feeder pass from Clarke, where Christou again put away a pivotal goal, to cut the Horse’s lead to 5-4. His score notched the TSN Turning Point, where Trent Hawke (Brantford Golden Eagles), and Andrew Smith (Elmira Sugar Kings), would put away goals of their own to lift the Midwestern to a 6-5 decision.
Around the league: uncustomary to All Star games, the Midwest vs Golden Horseshoe game witnessed a scrap between Calvin Thomson (Stratford Cullitons) and Cam McLean (Niagara Falls Canucks), where McLean ended up getting the worser. Apparently not connecting the fight strap on the All Star jersey was not a priority, as Thomson pulled the wool over McLean’s eyes, and fed a few good shots to the back of McLean’s head. Both got two minutes for slashing, five for fighting, and a game misconduct. Canucks teammate, Ryan Wiley also received a game ejection for abuse of an official.
