Another pile of goals was scored in a second straight Trenton Golden Hawks loss to open their season.
After watching the Toronto Patriots raise their 2025-26 Buckland Cup championship banner pre-game on Saturday, the Hawks went on to be outgunned 7-4 at Westwood Arena.
The Hawks struck first on Liam Fisher’s second of the season from Evan Norris, but the Patriots wound up leading after the opening period thanks to a goal midway through from Max Cervjakovs and a buzzer beater from Owen McGuckin.
16 seconds after Dylan Nobili made it 3-1 for Toronto early in the second, returning forwardBeckett Ewart answered with a tap-in on the backhand from Kaiden Harmon and Kale Mace for his second in as many games.
Trenton stuck with the Pats after going back down by two on a Tate Collins, managing to knot the score 4-4 on Wyoming product Charlie Gage’s first as a Hawk, followed Quinte Red Devils graduate Ryan Foley’s first count in the OJHL.
All hopes of getting into the intermission on even footing went out the window however, with the Pats yet again slipping one home before the clock ran out on a powerplay via Ivan Bazunov with only three seconds remaining.
That goal proved to be huge for the hosts, as they used the momentum from it to add two more through Lucas Balanyk and McGuckin (into an empty net) to finish off the Hawks.
Fisher led the offence with a goal and an assist, Mason Musclow and Logan Bennett contributed solo helpers and Nolan Nicoll made 37 saves on 43 saves in his debut for the Hawks, who fall to 0-2 on the new season.
They will welcome their hometown fans back to the Duncan McDonald Community Gardens for their home opener Friday at 7:30 p.m. versus the Stouffville Spirit.
