The Niverville Nighthawks continued their on-ice struggle, looking bad in another loss, this time dropping a 5–2 outcome to the Neepawa Titans on Sunday night at home.
Neepawa jumped out to a 2–0 lead before Niverville’s Merik Boles scored in the second period to cut it to 2–1.
The Titans scored three more times in the third, while the Nighthawks only got a goal from Aiden Corbett.
Niverville’s Jake Torget stopped 19 shots in goal for the loss.
“It looked like more of the same tonight as the other night,” says Nighthawks head coach Dwight Hirst. “It was better in general, I guess, as we only had three penalties tonight. However, special teams were not good tonight. The power play and penalty kill were not good enough.”
The Nighthawks are back in action with their final regular season home game on March 12 against the Portage Terriers. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
“We were better structured tonight, as we only gave up 11 shots after two periods and put ourselves in a good spot,” said Hirst. “Then the penalties caught up to us and penalty kill didn’t hold up. Discipline and consistency with our composure is what we need to find our strong game again.”
