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From the Times: Cambridge wins penalty parade
Cambridge wins penalty parade Cam Pentsa’s fight sparks Winter Hawks to victory Hespeler Road wasn’t the only venue for a parade in the city Saturday night. The Cambridge Winter Hawks and the Wesrern Conference’s LaSalle Vipers were marching to the penalty box all night at the Galt Arena Gardens in the final Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League interleague matchup of the regular season for both teams.
Character vs. Talent
One of our players, Anthony Guido, recently tweeted this, “hard work will get you farther than talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” I loved that line when I read it yesterday and that line alone best sums up this year’s version of the Cambridge Winter Hawks. There is no question that there is some very good talent on this team.
Six in a row for Hawks
Six in a row for Hawks The Brantford Golden Eagles probably still don’t know what hit them. Well, the number of that train is six, because that’s what the Cambridge Winter Hawks winning streak is at after dumping the Golden Eagles 5-3 on Sunday during Pink at the Rink at the Galt Arena Gardens. Cambridge completed a three-game sweep on the weekend, beating Listowel 3-2 in overtime Friday and Owen Sound 7-0 on Saturday. The Winter Hawks wore pink jerseys to raise money and awareness for breast cancer on Sunday, but they had Brantford seeing red after coming back from being down 3-0 in the first with five unanswered goals. It was sweet revenge for the Winter Hawks, who coughed up a 2-0 third period lead to Brantford on Oct. 2, before losing 3-2. That seems like years ago now. “We’re on a little bit of a high now,” said Winter Hawks head coach Peter Crosby, who has seen his team start to look like contenders. “We’ve won six games and in that six-game stretch there’s been some big wins and this is a big win tonight. I go back to what I said before, it’s a 51-game season. There’s going to be some bumps along the way and there’s going to be some obstacles and it’s how well we respond to that.” Crosby admitted that Sunday was an example of that. As the Winter Hawks had a jittery first period, coupled by a rare of night by Lucas Machalski, to go down 3-0 after 20 minutes. “We didn’t have our best effort in the first period tonight,” said. “The guys answered the bell and came back in the second period, and finished them off in the third. “Every single kid in that dressing room is a character guy.” After Mike Riley, Jeff Swift and Ryan Blunt chased Machalski from the game, the Winter Hawks got some solid work from Brendan Gorecki, who extended his shutout streak to 105 minutes, 75 seconds. The comeback started just 47 seconds into the second period on a power play, when Gratton went top corner on a rebound past a diving Bryce O’Hagan. Three minutes later on another power play, Anthony Guido snuck in from the point to take a Tyler Snyder pass at the far side of the crease and bang it past O’Hagan. The Winter Hawks caught a break when Jeff Swift looked to get the puck in the net before it was pushed off by Michael Christou, but the goal was disallowed and there was no penalty on the play. That left the door open for Christian Barnard, who tied the game on a shorthanded breakaway. Christou got the eventual winner at 6:19 of the third, the Winter Hawks fourth straight power-play goal, when a clearing pass bounced off the side of his helmet and he beat the Brantford defence before snapping a shot over O’Hagan’s blocker. After having trouble solving O’Hagan in their last meeting, the Winter Hawks seemed to have his number on Sunday. “I think I can speak for all the boys, I think he looked like a block of Swiss cheese in that net. I’m not going to lie,” Christou said after the game. “But we had a slow start and then in the second and third period we battled back hard, and we deserved that win. Our team beat their talent.” Christou added that the team is starting to play the way they’re capable of. “I think we’re actually believing in the system now and we’re just going, and we’re having fun doing it. “It seems like we’re getting the job done. We’re not a finesse team so we just go out and do what we do night in and night out, and we’ve put together a pretty good streak now. You don’t get lucky winning six in a row.” Scot Mitchell finished off the scoring, taking a pretty drop pass from Gratton before sliding through the skates of O’Hagan. Against Listowel, Ryan Clarke, Christou and Guido scored for the Winter Hawks. Against Owen Sound, Andrew Coupland had two goals, while Clarke, Gratton, Christou, Snyder and Taylor Doering had one each. The Winter Hawks are in Stratford Friday at 7:30 p.m., before hosting Waterloo on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Galt Arena Gardens. Courtesy of the Bill Doucet at the Cambridge Times. See the original article here.
Character
What a weekend! 3 games in less than 3 days seemingly. The guys came away with 2 wins and very close to a third win vs. London as well. One word describes their effort this past weekend and that word is….CHARACTER! In order for any team to be successful it must be able to show and demonstrate character. That word – character - comes in different forms.
From the Times: Hawks never gave up
Hawks never gave up Two losses not as bad as it seems for Winter Hawks It’s a weekend the Cambridge Winter Hawks will lock away in the vault. Though they went pointless with a 7-5 loss to Stratford on Friday and were defeated 4-1 by Elmira on Saturday, the games produced something just as valuable for the Winter Hawks – they learned they could play with the best teams in the league. Considered the two top squads in the Midwestern Conference, Stratford and Elmira threw everything they had at Cambridge, only to see the Winter Hawks fight them right to the end and keep the games close. And the Winter Hawks learned what it will take to beat top level teams.
From the Times: Winter Hawks camp opens Monday
Winter Hawks camp opens Monday There’s a feeling of anticipation filtering through the Cambridge Winter Hawks this season. Not only are they open training camp early this year, on Monday, but they will also have a good number of familiar bodies back. Last season, general manager Ken Jeysman was trying to piece together a team after the number of returnees could be counted on one hand. This season, he has possible 12 players coming back who are now a year older and have more experience in the league. “It’s a little different than last year because we have more people returning,” Jeysman said. “Instead of last year hitting the ground treading water, we’re hitting the ground running.” Already signed on for this season are forwards Josh Timpano, captain Ryan Clarke, Brandon Zimmerman, Rob Bennett, Chris Chapman, Christian Barnard and Jeff Howlett, defenceman Dylan Decker and goalie Brendan Gorecki. Scott Mitchell will return to the team if he doesn’t stick with the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League and Tyler Snyder is getting in shape for a possible return. The Winter Hawks will also find out this week if Trevor Hache is returning. Last year’s team playoff MVP Colin Furlong is skating with the Hamilton Red Wings and will attend the Guelph Storm camp. If he ends up in one of those places, midget graduate Lucas Machalski is a string candidate to take his spot. The Cambridge netminder backed up Furlong in two games last year and even played a period in a 13-2 win in Owen Sound, stopping all 11 shots he faced. Besides the returnees, the Winter Hawks have signed defencemen Andrew Coupland and Elmira’s Taylor Doring, and forwards Cody Gratton and Acton’s Ben Roelofson. With that many players inked, Jeysman isn’t sweating it out prior to training camp as he was last year. “It’s a big difference,” he said. “Last year, we had to grab players in a hurry because of the mass exodus. “Now it’s different, right? We’ll probably only have three players that haven’t played in the league before. It’s a big difference; a year older and a little more experience. All of sudden we’re not sitting in the same spot.” With that many players signed, it also means that training camp – which will have 40 to 50 players – should be a spirited one with so few spots open. That means, unlike last year, the Winter Hawks can be more selective of who they want on the roster. Jeysman said the team is looking to start the season with 23 players. “I think it should be very exciting. It’s kind of nice, as we have some guys vying for these spots who are training very hard and say they’ll do whatever it takes to make it. Which is a different attitude. “A lot of these guys have a lot more grit. I’m not saying tough, but grit. We’re looking for those players that aren’t afraid to go through and work hard on the wall.” Besides spirited, training camp could also be the toughest it has been in years. “Camp starts with a fitness test that will probably have a few kids puking,” Jeysman said with a laugh. Courtesy of Bill Doucet at the Cambridge Times. See the original article here!
11th Annual Golf Tournament, SNAP’d
The Cambridge Winter Hawks were caught on the cover of SNAP in this month’s issue of SNAP Cambridge. A big thanks goes to SNAP and Frank Centofanti for taking some snap shots, and featuring the Winter Hawks in this month’s issue. Here’s a blurb from Frank @ SNAP: Winter Hawks Golf Tournament The Cambridge Winter Hawks held their 11th Annual Golf Tournament on June 27th at the wonderful Savannah Golf Links located at 1206 Cheese Factory Road. Over the past 10 years, the Winter Hawks have put together one of the best golf tournaments in the Cambridge area. Bringing in NHLers and some of the most exciting locals. The Cambridge Winter Hawks are much more than hockey many of the players and management participate in community functions and charities giving back to our community. www.cambridgewinterhawks.ca Photos by Frank Centofanti Check out all the SNAP pictures, and other SNAP articles here! Check out all the Cambridge Winter Hawks pictures from the event, here!
