Hawks hold on for 4-3 win; lead Combines 2-1 in SPHL final
The Hafford Hawks are one win away from clinching the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League title, after their 4-3 victory in game three of the finals over the Meota Combines at Battleford Arena Tuesday.
Tuesday was the third straight game of the finals to be decided by a single goal, and the eighth one-goal game of the playoffs for Hafford, who now lead the best-of-five series 2-1.
“I didn’t think we played the best, but we came out at the end of it with the win,” Hawks Forward Brandon Lesko said. “We’ve got to get the forecheck going earlier on, and we really have got to watch when we’re playing our D-zone.”
Hafford surrendered the first goal of the game, but struck twice in the final two minutes of the period, both courtesy of Ryan Schaefer, to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.