Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey Team Preparing For Home Opening Games Vs. Rapid City And Cody

The Sheridan Hawks Junior Hockey Team has righted the ship and evened up their record at 3-3 on the season, thanks to a pair of wins this past weekend at Cody.

After playing their first 6 games on the road, the team gets to enjoy the comforts of home for the next 2 games.

This weekend will be the first under the new schedule format, where Sheridan will play 2 different opponents.

Rapid City is in town on Friday (September 26th), while Cody visits on Saturday.

The Hawks lost both games at Rapid City at the start of the season, but Big Horn High School grad Kiefer Dunham says a lot has changed since then, and playing 2 different opponents this weekend doesn’t change the game plan much.

“It doesn’t matter what team you’re playing on the weekend, you just got to come ready to go, no matter what. Never know what team is going to come ready to play, so for us, it really doesn’t change a whole lot, it’s just a different colored jersey. I think we’re a completely different team from week 1, so this weekend Rapid City has a new team that they’re going to be facing.”

Returning player Vincent Leaf scored a total of 5 goals in the 2 games vs. Cody this past weekend.

He says the new players need to get comfortable with their new home ice quickly.

“Just take it slow. We’re going to blink, and it’s going to be Showcase and then the year’s over a couple of months later. It goes by quick, so take it all in. I think we all kind of wish we had a little more time last year together and I think we’re not taking that for granted this year. It’s going to be huge for us.”

The puck drops both Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm.