The Hawks were in Humboldt Friday to battle the Broncos. (Clark Stork/northeastNOW Staff)

By Clark Stork

Road woes

Hawks’ offense sputters in another road loss

Oct 25, 2025 | 3:32 PM

The Nipawin Hawks are struggling to find offense on the road leading to another loss away from the Centennial Arena, this time a 3-2 defeat in Humboldt on Friday.

After starting the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season with four wins on the road in their first four games, the Hawks have dropped three in a row scoring just five goals in the process. Nipawin did generate 41 shots on goal against the Broncos at the Elgar Petersen Arena, but Head Coach Tad Kozun said his team lacked consistent opportunities.

“What we did tonight, I call one and done,” Kozun explained on the postgame show on 750 Beach Radio. “We had one opportunity, and they broke the puck out, we come back, have another opportunity, they break the puck out. We didn’t generate enough second and third opportunities.”

Another factor was the Hawks were down early on the road and chased for 56 minutes. SJHL goal scoring leader Jacob Strizzi opened the scoring just four minutes in. Nipawin tied it halfway through the first period on Jaxen Smyth’s first career SJHL goal.

Humboldt scored in the second to take a 2-1 lead, and with the Hawks on a powerplay to start the third, the Broncos scored a shorthanded goal to go up 3-1 and seal the win. Kozun said the third goal was unacceptable for his club.

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“Our powerplay has been good all year but we didn’t cash in on the opportunities that we had and then we give up a shorthanded goal that obviously you can’t be happy with because we flat out got outworked on that one,” Kozun added.

Konnor Watson added a late powerplay goal, the 19-year-old Spiritwood, Sask. product has nine goals this year, six coming while Nipawin had an advantage. The comeback came too late; Watson’s tally came at 19:56 of the final period.

The Hawks now sit with a record of eight wins and four losses on the year. Nipawin will host Yorkton on Tuesday at the ‘Cage.’

Puck drop is 7 p.m.