The male U18 Pembina Valley Hawks halted a three-game skid Saturday evening by outscoring the Interlake Lightning on home ice in Morden.
The win followed a 5-3 loss to the Central Plains Capitals Friday in Portage la Prairie.
Four unanswered goals by the Capitals in the second period did in the Hawks against Central Plains.
Three straight third period goals then by Casey Magarrell, Ragnar Gillis, and Tyson Pethybridge got Pembina Valley back in the game before Central Plains sealed the win with an empty net marker with just 23 seconds remaining. The Hawks outshot the Capitals 40-30, and Brody Peters took the loss in goal with 25 saves.
A crazy first period then Saturday saw seven goals overall with Interlake coming out of the opening 20 minutes with a 4-3 lead, but the Hawks then outscored the Lightning 2-1 in each of the second and third periods.
Carson Hiebert had a memorable night with four goals and a pair of assists for Pembina Valley, and he is now up to nine goals on the season. Pethybridge contributed a pair of goals and an assist, with the other goal coming from Parker Henderson. Shots on goal were 39-37 in favour of Interlake.
It leaves the Hawks in the thick of things near the top of the standings in the early going at 4-2-0-1 for nine points, which is even with the Winnipeg Wild and Southwest Cougars and one point back of first-place Brandon.
The Hawks only have one game this week when they visit Winnipeg to take on the Thrashers Friday night.
