A frenetic game saw 12 goals filled the nets in Newmarket on Saturday.
The Trenton Golden Hawks topped the host Hurricanes 7-5 for their second win in as many games, led by a pair of tallies from newcomer Lucas Digiantomasso.
Newmarket, coming off a narrow loss in Wellington on Friday, struck within the first two minutes on a goal by Reggie Taylor, but Trenton found a response via Owen Outwater at 4:42 with his third of the season.
The Hawks wrestled control of the lead on a strike from Jack Ziliotto, his 19th of the year on a powerplay.
Before the ice was even dry in the second, Kristian Lamanna broke off the centre ice faceoff and buried the tying marker within just eight seconds, but the Hawks weren’t deterred.
The visitors pierced Hurricanes goalie Hayden Duncan for three unanswered tallies courtesy of Jamie Darlison, Digiantomasso and Jaxon Broda.
Alexander Sementsov got one back before the end of the period to make it 5-3.
The offence continued to swing in the third, as Digiantomasso potted his second two-and-a-half minutes in to re-establish the three-goal bulge.
The ‘Canes made it tighter with back-to-back counters from defencemen Joel Taylor and Lucas Preiano, but the Hawks dashed their hopes of a comeback when Darlison buried an empty-netter after Trenton weathered the Newmarket attack.
Dylan Lee-Stack got the win with 27 saves as Trenton outshot Newmarket 47-32 to improve to 22-7-0-2 on the campaign.
The Hawks return to action Tuesday at home versus the Lindsay Muskies at 7:30 p.m.
