High octane offence leads Blackhawks to sixth straight win

Here's hoping there's a sale on red light bulbs in the area, why? Because the Island City Blackhawks are rapidly burning them out lately throughout some Eastern Ontario arenas.

The Hawks lit the lamp nine times at home as they edged the Kemptville Classics 9-6. They then headed to Kemptville for a Monday night tilt with the Oxford Millers and flicked the switch there 13 more times en route to a 13-3 drubbing.

"Boy when we are healthy and skating like we have been lately we're a tough team to contain. We have so many weapons at our disposal and they are all contributing right now," Blackhawk management stated after the Oxford Miller game.

"Our veterans have literally carried this team the second half and for a few of these guys it's really nice to see that they can still do it."

The Blackhawks are now 18-14-3 with one game remaining in their season. The win last Monday night in Kemptville was the Blackhawks' sixth win in a row. They have lost only once in their last 10 games, quite the turnaround.

"I'm so proud of those guys in that dressing room, they didn't quit. There's alot of pride in there and our veterans with their passion to win led the charge. We have alot of fire power on this team and it's nice to see the guys take turns carrying the load."

The Blackhawks came out of the gates struggling mightily in the first period as the Millers came out seeking revenge after the 14-1 drubbing they took back at the Youth Arena a month ago.

The Blackhawks' rogue of the roped rotunda, Spencer Utman, had to be sharp as the Millers came out and aggressively forechecked the Hawks throughout the first period.

The chubbiest of the Murray boys, Nate, opened the scoring in the game for the Hawks midway through the opening stanza to give the visitors a slim 1-0 lead which they managed to hold onto until the period ended.

But the second and third period, well that was a totally different story. The Blackhawks assembled an all-out assault on the red light district. The Island City lads rippled the corded palace 12 times in those last two periods.

Leading the charge was 'Chubby' Murray as he added four more goals, including his 22nd on the year. The hulked up 'Velvet Fog' Rob Carter muscled his way to scoring three times which gives him 34 this season.

'The Ageless Wonder' Peter Culp snapped two howitzers into the top shelf where his momma used to hide the Oreos. 'The Champ' Wayne Morrow notched his 21st of the season while Mike 'The Wall' Mulder scored his 11th of the year. Jeff 'Youngblood' June found the back of the net for the 16th time this season.

The Blackhawks took full advantage of the Millers' weak goaltending again and it enabled them to fill the net on a regular basis in the final two periods. This game was by no means played like it was a 10-goal difference, more like a two or three-goal game at the most.