Nipawin is in Humboldt on Friday in SJHL regular season action. (Clark Stork/northeastNOW Staff)

By Clark Stork

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The Hawks will take on a new look Humboldt Broncos Friday to open a home-and-home weekend set at the Elgar Petersen Arena.

Nipawin is coming off a disappointing 6-5 loss in North Battleford on Tuesday where they blew a three goal lead and gave up four unanswered goals against the North Stars. Hawks Head Coach Tad Kozun said the lesson learned from the loss is the group needs to compete for an entire three periods.

“The biggest thing for us is we need to find that full 60 minutes. Looking back on the game for 40 minutes I thought we were very, vey good but in the last 20 we weren’t very good and that cost us the hockey game. We must learn from it, talk about it, and move on and make sure we are ready to go tonight,” Kozun said.

This will be just the second time the Hawks will battle the Broncos. On Oct. 24, Humboldt edged Nipawin 3-2 at the Elgar Petersen Arena. The Broncos will look much different. The team has traded their top scorer, starting netminder, and captain this week. Kozun said Humboldt’s roster alterations are no excuse for his club to not be prepared.

“You know thety are going to compete hard,” Kozun said. “They are still in the playoff hunt. No matter what they do, guys are going to play hard to try and get there. We can’t think we are going to take this lightly. We obviously have learned what taking a period or two lightly in this league, you end up on the wrong side of it.”

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The teams will meet again on Sunday back at the Centennial Arena in Nipawin. Friday’s game will start at 7:30 p.m. The pregame show on 750 Beach Radio will commence at 7:15 p.m.

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