Postgame Recap: Hawks Go 3-For-3
January 31, 2016 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Waterloo Black Hawks News Release
The Waterloo Black Hawks used three weekend wins to vault from a sixth place tie in the USHL Western Conference up to within one point of third place, finishing with a 5-2 road victory Sunday at Tyson Events Center against the Sioux City Musketeers.
Opening the weekend with 5-2 and 4-1 home wins against the Sioux Falls Stampede, Waterloo traveled to meet the Siouxland's other club for the third contest within a 48 hour span.
Captain Ronnie Hein recorded the first goal of the afternoon 3:06 into the first period, but had to leave the game at the same point. Hein redirected a Nick Swaney pass into the net before careening into the goalpost. Initially ruled "no goal," the call was changed after a video review.
Shane Bowers' puck handling made the score 2-0. Steering behind then net, then into the left circle, Bowers fed the disc into the crease where it deflected into the net off a defender. Sioux City drew within one on a power play less than a minute later. When the puck came out of the right wing corner, Jake Ryczek was left one-on-one against Cale Morris and snapped a wrist shot between the pipes.
With 1:29 left before intermission, the Hawks' Liam Pecararo navigated through traffic to the net to reestablish a two-goal lead. Pecararo baited goalie Cam Gornet into lunging to his right; the Hawks' forward then pulled the puck to his backhand and slipped it in.
Sioux City scored the only goal of the second, 1:18 into the period. Mitch Fossier stepped into the zone and wristed a shot off the crossbar, down, and in.
Bowers firmed the Black Hawks lead 9:36 into the third period, completing a pretty give-and-go passing play with Marshall Moise at top speed. David Cotton added the first Hawks shorthanded goal of the season with 2:31 to play, from his own zone into an empty net.
Up next, the Black Hawks complete a sequence of six games against Western Conference opponents by visiting the Des Moines Buccaneers Friday.
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