04-02-22
Written by: James Bissett
With the regular season wrapping up Friday night in Niagara Falls, the Hawks turn their attention to the first round of the GOJHL playoffs and their first-round matchup. The Blackhawks finish the regular season with a record of 15 wins 31 losses and 1 shootout loss for a total of 31 points on the season giving them the 6 seed in the Golden Horseshoe Conference. With that, your Blackhawk set up for a first-round meeting with the 3-seed Caledonia Corvairs. The Corvairs (31-11-2-2) look to be the favourites to win it all along with the St.Catharines Falcons and the Hamilton Kilty Bs but will have to look to get through the Blackhawks first who are on the right foot being winners of 6 of their last 10 games including a shootout loss to the Corvairs on March. 14th
The Blackhawks will look to remain healthy and stay hot with great play from forwards Sam Tonelli and Adrian Diodati who combine for a total of 17 points in March. Meanwhile, the Corvairs will look to former Sarnia Sting Goalie Ethan Langevin to provide some stability on the back end while forward Ethan Doyle will look to continue his almost 2 points per game pace in the playoffs.
New Playoff home
Blackhawks Playoffs games will look a little different this year. Instead of playing at the usual Frank Doherty Arena in Thorold, our playoff home games will now be played from the Vale Health and Wellness Center in Port Colborne Ontario for games 2,4, and 6.
The Game Schedule is as follows
Game 1 – Wednesday, April 6th @ Haldimand County Caledonia Center In Caledonia – 7:30 PM
Game 2 – Thursday, April 7th @ Vale Health and Wellness Center in Port Colborne – 7:00 PM
Game 3 – Saturday, April 9th @ Haldimand County Caledonia Center In Caledonia – 7:30 PM
Game 4 – Monday, April 11th @ Vale Health and Wellness Center in Port Colborne – 7:00 PM
Game 5 – Tuesday, April 12th @ Haldimand County Caledonia Center In Caledonia – 7:30 PM (IF NECESSARY)
Game 6 – Thursday, April 14th @ Vale Health and Wellness Center in Port Colborne – 7:00 PM (IF NECESSARY)
Game 7 – Saturday, April 16th @ Haldimand County Caledonia Center In Caledonia – 7:30 PM (IF NECESSARY)
