An outstanding effort against the number one team in the East Conference and one of the top Junior A teams in Canada came up a little short for the Trenton Golden Hawks on Friday night.
Mason Cruzet broke a three-all tie with 8:37 left in the third period to hand the Hawks their eighth straight defeat, 4-3 at ‘The Hangar.’
Trenton showed good fight after falling behind 2-0, with Beckett Ewart depositing his eighth of the season from Kaiden Harmon and Ben Radley at 10:29 and Evan Norris burying his sixth of the year from Charlie Gage and Niko Krmpotic at 18:09 of the first.
Trenton outshot Markham 20-11 in the opening frame and battled hard to go ahead in the second, but the Royals jumped ahead again on Aidan Hagshi’s tally with less than two-and-a-half minutes left in the period.
Ryan Chamberlain pulled the Hawks even again after Harmon jumped on a loose puck and left it off for him to drive home for his eighth of the campaign, setting up the deadlock that Cruzet busted out of with a
Trenton outshot Markham 43-32, with Eli Zucker making 28 stops in his Hawks debut after being acquired from the North American Hockey League this week.
Friday’s game kicks off a busy weekend for the Hawks, who will look to give the Mississauga Chargers the spooks on Halloween Saturday at 4:30 p.m., before finishing Sunday in Pickering at 7:30 p.m.
