It was old fashioned pond hockey at times with a dash of bad

blood thrown in but the end result was a 7-6 Saugeen Shores

shootout win over long-time rivals the Elora Rocks on Friday

night in WOAA Senior AA action.

Smooth skating 'Hawk Blake Underwood delivered the fatal

blow to the Rocks as he slipped the puck under Elora goalie

Blake Sinclair in the shootout. 

Brent MacDermid also scored for the 'Hawks ripping a wrist

shot high to the glove side while Josh Carolan was flawless

stopping both Elora shooters to seal the win.

The 'Hawks came out flying in the first frame jumping out to a

3-0 lead with a pair of goals from MacDermid and one from

rookie Brendon Haefling who banged in a great feed from 

Jordan Lang.

Elora, who looked overwhelmed in the early going

re-grouped and scored three straight goals to tie it up.

Elora got into penalty trouble in the second and the 'Hawks

regained the lead while enjoying a five-on-three man

advantage. 

Captain Greg Thede blasted a slapshot from the point past

Sinclair to make it 4-3.

The rough stuff continued and the Rocks soon had the five-on-

three advantage and Elora's Brock Zinken scored his second

of the game to tie the score.

The Winterhawks newest acquisition, Greg Virgo, looked very

impressive showing good hustle, great hands and a hard shot.

Virgo was teamed up with Underwood and Jordan Lang and

the line was dangerous all night.

Curtis Johnston put the 'Hawks up 5-4 late in the second as

he buried a pass from Shane Bainbridge who showed a lot of

patience during a wild goal-mouth scramble. Bainbridge found

Johnston in the high slot and the Southampton sniper made no

mistake burying it high with Sinclair down and out.

The Rocks would not quit as Ryan Ford tied the score just

over a minute into the third.

Johnston scored his second of the game with a great shot 

low to the stick side but Elora's Fraser Young scored to tie it

up as the 'Hawks struggled to clear their zone.

Overtime solved nothing despite both teams getting a chance 

on the power play setting the stage for the shootout heroics.