The Nipawin Hawks will look for their third SJHL season win in Flin Flon on Wednesday. (Clark Stork/northeastNOW Staff)

By Clark Stork

Manitoba Bound

Hawks look for more success in Flin Flon

Feb 23, 2022 | 12:00 PM

The Nipawin Hawks will look for their second straight, and fourth win in five games Wednesday in Flin Flon.

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) club took two of three games last week, including Saturday’s overtime thriller over the Melfort Mustangs on home ice. Head coach Tad Kozun said the team’s resiliency is starting to show after a tough 6-0 loss Friday to Humboldt.

“I thought that was our best 60-minute game all year,” Kozun said. “We’ve always talked about where we have a good period, then a bad period, then another good one. I thought we put a full 60 together and we got rewarded, which was great to see.”

Nipawin has eight wins on the road this season, two of those have come in Flin Flon including a 4-2 win on Feb. 15. The recent stretch of solid play has kept the Hawks playoff hopes alive. The team is eight points back with seven games to play. Kozun said no matter the numbers the team needs to keep progressing.

“We’ve been playing really good lately, we’ve talked about the process and committing to it and being proud of the effort we put in,” he added.

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Harmon Laser-Hume will make his second straight start in goal for the Hawks, the 18-year-old Creston, B.C. product has back-to-back wins including a 53-save masterpiece in Flin Flon last week.

Faceoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. The game can be heard on Saskatchewan’s Beach Radio beginning at 7:15 p.m.

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