January 6 Game Recap – Hawks win!

It’s not five-straight wins for the Delta Ice Hawks, as they defeated the Abbotsford Pilots 6-1 at MSA Arena on Friday night.

Jacob Zillich earned his first win of the season, stopping 20 of 21 shots, backstopping another multi-goal game from the Ice Hawks offence.

Luke Mongrain and Danylo Bereza got the scoring started midway through the period, each scoring their fifth goals of the year, putting the Hawks up 2-0 through 20 minutes.

Yuji Akimoto continued his scoring streak this week, putting the Hawks up 3-0 six minutes into the second period.

Abbotsford got their lone goal of the game after the midway mark of the period, but Delta regained and added to their lead three minutes later, with goals from Kyle Robinson and Conner Merriman 34 seconds apart.

Brayden Sinclair tacked on one more goal in the third, his twenty-eighth marker and sixtieth point of the season, to wrap up the win.