By Alex Mahar [1]
BELLEVILLE – The Trenton Golden Hawks [2] pounded the Whitby Fury [3] 10-2 Tuesday night to take a 3-0 series lead in the first round of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Buckland Cup playoffs. [4]
📋 SUMMARY l Hawks' Offense Powers Trenton to 3-0 Series Lead 🙌💯
SERIES l TRE 3️⃣➖0️⃣ WHI
🗒 RECAP l https://t.co/wXDteeMkkr [5]
📒 STATS l https://t.co/ejjZ8KawEn [6]#GoHawksGo [7] l #HawkeyTown [8] pic.twitter.com/rp7XKqJDVp [9]— Trenton Golden Hawks (@OJHLGoldenHawks) March 4, 2020 [10]
The Fury took an early 2-0 lead in the first period before the Golden Hawks scored 10 unanswered goals to blow out the Fury.
Hawks forward Jared Gerger led the way offensively, scoring a hat trick.
Among the many highlight performances, Josh Wright recorded four assists while Matt Nastasiuk, Cameron Gaylor, Sean Detloff and Colin Van Den Hurk all tallied a goal and an assist.
Trenton goalie Anand Oberoi made 27 saves on 29 shots in net for his third win of the postseason.
The Golden Hawks now lead the best-of-seven series 3-0 with a chance for a series sweep on Friday night in Whitby at 8 p.m.