OUTLOOK—The Davidson Novice Huskies beat their Fertile Valley Hockey League rivals when it mattered most to win the league championship.
The only defeats suffered by Davidson Novice Huskies all season came courtesy of the Outlook Icehawks.
The Huskies solved that problem last Wednesday by beating the Icehawks 7-6 to win the Fertile Valley Hockey League ‘A’ final.
It was the third game in the best of three-games series. The Icehawks beat the Huskies 15-5 in Game 1 in Outlook March 2. The Huskies battled back in Game 2 in Davidson March 6, to win 9-8 in overtime to even the series and force Game 3 in Outlook March 11.
Outlook got off to an early 2-0 lead, thanks to a powerplay goal two minutes into the game and another goal at the 13-minute mark. With 2:35 remaining, Mason Palmer scored to end the period with the Huskies down by one.
Less than a minute into the second period Kaden Berry scored to tie it 2-2. The Icehawks fired back to score and regain the lead. The Huskies mounted a comeback with Palmer scoring the tying goal 10 minutes into the period. Berry, from Palmer, scored soon after to give the Huskies the go-ahead goal. Palmer, from Nolan Kearns, added another to give the Huskies a 5-3 lead heading into the third period.
The Icehawks scored first to close the gap to 5-4. Palmer responded scoring two more goals for the Huskies to give them a 7-4 lead. The Icehawks poured it on in the third. In the last minute of the game, Icehawks got one puck past Huskies goalie Daxton Tichit and then kept up the onslaught to score another goal with 2 seconds remaining. Time ran out and the Huskies had the win and the league championship.