Hawks enter Game 7 with ‘no pressure, just confidence’
It’s all come down to one game.
The 2018 Canalta Cup will be decided at Tuesday night’s Game 7 between the Nipawin Hawks and Estevan Bruins in Nipawin at 7:30 p.m. The winners become the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League champions and move on to the ANAVET Cup; the loser is a historical footnote. That sounds like a pressure-cooking situation to be in, but Hawks general manager and head coach Doug Johnson doesn’t see it that way.
“You got to play with confidence. There’s no pressure, it’s just confidence,” Johnson said. “It’s going to come down to the team that wants it more.”
The Hawks had a chance to close out the series on Sunday in Game 6, but the Bruins extended the series with a big 4-0 win. As much as the Bruins are feeling good about themselves heading into Tuesday, the Hawks know they can respond after a loss as they’ve already done it twice in the series.