Meota Combines (3-2-0-0) captain Tyson Knight had three goals and two assists to lead his team to an 8-4 win over the Glaslyn North Stars (0-3-0-0) Saturday.
His offensive explosion started just 1:06 into the game, when he deflected a point shot by Taylor Tatchell past North Stars goalie Cameron Simkins for his first of the game, and the season. Daxen Collins also picked up an assist.
Nine minutes later, Knight grabbed his second goal of the game, shovelling a centring pass from Michael Pylypow through the five-hole of Simkins. Defenseman Dalin Iverson grabbed the secondary assist.
Pylypow would add another assist to his totals 6:16 later, when he sent a cross crease pass from down low to Aaron Cadrin for his first goal of the season. Knight was credited with the second assist, his third point of the period.
Glaslyn got on the scoreboard less than two minutes into the second period, when Tyler Lehman wired a slap shot over the right shoulder of Quinton Gauthier from the top of the face off circle. He was on a partial breakaway coming down the right wing after taking a pass from Adrian Edwards.
No penalties were called in the second period, and with 4:37 remaining in the frame, Brett Miller scored his third of the year on a 2-on-1 with Brody Tatchell, when he received the pass and fired the puck through the legs of Simkins. Iverson tallied his second assist of the night with the lead pass.
The North Stars wouldn't end the period down by three however, as just nine seconds after Miller scored, Mitch Perkins grabbed a loose puck in the Combines zone and beat Gauthier to narrow the score to 4-2.
Knight found his way back on the score sheet when he made a couple nice moves around the defenders in the North Stars zone, before setting up Taylor Willsey for his first of the year 3:58 into the third. Devan Oborowsky got the second assist.
Perkins was determined to keep his North Stars in the game, when he made a nice move to the backhand in front of the net and beat Gauthier for his second of the game.
This time it was the Combines turn to answer quickly, as ten seconds after Perkins scored, Bo Gervais threw the puck on goal from a sharp angle, beating an unsuspecting Simkins for his second of the year. Brody Tatchell and Miller assisted on the Combines sixth goal of the game.
1:15 later, Kyle Gregoire received a pass from Reid Lamon in the slot and snapped a shot over the glove of Simkins to extend the lead to 7-3. Cadrin picked up the other assist.
Knight would complete the hat trick with just 49 seconds remaining in the game, when he danced around a number of North Stars players before firing the puck past Simkins for his fifth point of the game.
Glaslyn picked up a late goal 22 seconds later, when Dustin McNabb's centring pass went off Iverson's skate and over the shoulder of Gauthier to make it 8-4, where the game would end.
The Combines travel to Spiritwood to take on the Wolverines (1-4-0-0) Wednesday, while the Battleford Beaver Blues (3-1-0-0) take on the undefeated Cut Knife Colts (5-0-0-0) on the road Tuesday.
