Nationals vs Hounds - Halftime

Kevin Crowley opened up the scoring with a two pointer, which would be his second of the season as well as the second of his career in order to take his game point streak to 28 games.Also in the first, Rookie Garrett Thul connected with Joe Walters for his third two-pointer of his career. Out of the eight two-point goals for the Nationals this season, Thul has put in three of them. Walters would also find the back of the net as well as Kevin Cunningham. Crowley would put one more in to finish the Nationals scoring throughout the first. As for Charlotte, Matt Danowski put in three for a hat trick early on in the game to keep the Nationals within reach of the Nationals, as Jake Tripucka would tie the score at 7 to end the first quarter.

Danowski gave the Hounds their first lead of the game with his fourth goal of the game, which came almost 7 minutes into the second. A long drought for both teams, until National's Martin Cahill ripped one from behind the arc for two. Cahill's goal would be answered shortly after by Danowski who would put in his fifth of the game to bring the game to a tie once again. 

Ending the first half Kevin Crowley is just three points away from the team record for points in a season that was set in 2009 by Merrick Thompson. The standard currently sits at 50 points. Both Crowley and Walters have extended their game point streaks. After Boston's loss earlier today, Charlotte could clinch their first ever playoff spot with a win over Hamilton. Goalie Brett Queener stopped a total of 8 shots within the first half to hit the 500 mark.