Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey Team Sweep Home Series Vs. Cody; Prepare For Home-And-Home Series Vs. Gillette

The Sheridan Hawks were able to fine tune a few things in their home weekend sweep of Cody.

The Hawks won on Friday 8-1 and on Saturday 5-1, to improve their record to 13-7 on the season, and that puts the team in 2nd place in the NA3HL’s Frontier Division.

Elijah Farris says the team was able to get the bench players some playing time and those players went out and proved themselves.

“We got a lot of new guys in the lineup this weekend and I think they all went out and showed that they deserved to be on the team and can make the lineups each night on those bigger and more important games and I think playing simple hockey is what’s going to keep us going.”

Zach Longnecker says once Sheridan had their games in hand, players looked a little bit ahead to which team is next on the schedule.

“We were just kind of working on the little things, getting ready for Gillette this weekend and just starting to get ready for showcase, coming up here soon, so we’re just focused on the little things like just getting the puck in the deep part of rims, just stuff like that.”

The Hawks play a home and home series this weekend vs. Gillette.

Friday’s home game is scheduled to start at 7:30pm, while Saturday’s road game is scheduled to start at 7:05pm.

Cody at Hawks Recap: (Courtesy: Sheridan Hawks)

The Sheridan Hawks were home to the Yellowstone Quake Friday and Saturday nights as they honored our veterans with Military Appreciation Weekend! 

The players wore special military themed jerseys that were auctioned off with proceeds to benefit the Wyo WEST Warrior Foundation, a local organization dedicated to supporting veterans and their families. 

On Friday night, the Hawks opened the scoring 1:36 into the first period on a goal by Elijah Farris and continued to dominate the ice the rest of the night. 

Sheridan put another three on the board in the opening frame.

The Hawks added another in the second and three more in the third period for a final score of 8-0.

The Hawks fired 59 shots at the Quake goalies while John Simon earned the shutout stopping all 14 shots.

Josh Serino was one the Hawks who had a multi-point night with a hat trick and one helper.

Saturday continued the trend with the Hawks outshooting Yellowstone six to one. 

The Hawks threw nearly 80 shots on goal against the Quake in this contest, scored five times as a result, and skated away with a win as they held Yellowstone to 13 total shots on goal.

Quake goalie Hayden Laforet had a stellar game, allowing only 4 to get by him out of 77 shots he faced, but with the repeated peppering the win went to Sheridan despite his effort. 

Forward Josh Serino scored a goal and two assists to lead the effort offensively for the hosting Hawks. 

Ryan Rainey ended the night in the net with the W and a save percentage of 0.92,

Serino’s Friday night hat trick and additional goal on Saturday put him as the top goal scorer in the league so far this season with 20 goals in 20 games, and 4th in points with 37.