The Trenton Golden Hawks are pointing in the right direction again.
The team won a three-in-three weekend by downing the Pickering Panthers 4-1 on Sunday night at Chestnut Hills Recreation Complex.
Trenton struck first with Peter Overzat’s first marker as a Golden Hawk, a sharp wrist shot that found the mesh behind a partially screened Daniel Giusti at the 8:36 spot of the opening frame and Trenton managed to carry that lead into the break.
The Hawks increased the score to 2-0 when Ethan Brassard muscled the puck out to Liam Fisher for a routine tap-in nearly seven minutes into the second, before Brassard took charge to wire home his eighth of the year on a powerplay.
Trenton continued frustrating the Panthers with solid defence and great goaltending from Eli Zucker to make the lead hold up.
Niko Krmpotic wasted little time in adding further insurance in the third with his fourth of the season on another man advantage to make it 4-0.
Blake Wright got one back for Pickering on its own powerplay, but that was all the hosts could manage in Trenton’s second straight victory.
The win was Zucker’s second straight, as he made 27 saves as part of a busy first weekend as a Hawk, and head coach Connor Armour’s first victory against the team he helmed to the East Conference Final last season.
Kaiden Harmon and Beckett Ewart added two assists each, while Mason Musclow, Wyatt Gregory, Brassard and Jax Martin contributed single helpers.
The Hawks sit at 6-10-2 on the season with 14 points as they head into a Friday night home contest with the Newmarket Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m.
