Hawks conclude year with semi-final loss to Sheridan

Simon Yau
Sports Reporter

The men’s extramural hockey team finished third in its final tournament of the season after being upset 4-3 by the Sheridan Bruins in the semi-final.
The Hawks routed Sheridan 7-2 last Friday at the single-day tournament, but by mid-afternoon the team seemed fatigued, allowing the two goal to lead slip away after four unanswered goals.

“We panicked a little bit and everybody tries to do it themselves, and you lose,” said head coach Joe Washkurak.
The semi-final immediately followed a heartbreaking shootout loss to McMaster University that determined which team would get a bye into the final.

Up 2-1 with a minute and thirty seconds remaining Hawks forward Brent McCully turned the puck over in his own zone, allowing a breakaway for the Marauders that saw the tying goal trickle through the pads of Humber goalie Andrew Jackson.

As a result, the deflated Hawks went into a dramatic extra-rounds shootout – the tournament did not feature overtime – which ended when McCully failed to score in the sixth round.

“I was just thinking I got to score,” McCully said. “I was going to do a spin move, which I can do, but the guys wouldn’t let me.”

The tough loss was clearly still on the minds of the players as they struggled to regain their composure against a weak Sheridan team.

“Playing back-to-back is hard after getting beat by a team we haven’t beaten this whole year,” Washkurak said, adding, “it’s for fun and that’s all that really matters.”