Hurricanes move to 2 and 0

The Hamilton Hurricanes hosted the Windsor AKO Fratmen in their 2014 home opener Saturday night. The Hurricanes and Fratmen have quite the history and quite the rivalry that would lead to a penalty filled contest.

AKO was the first to put up points after Kicker Steven Schott kicked a 42-yard field goal in the first quarter. That would be the only successful field goal attempt for the Fratmen, as Schott would only pick up singles for the duration of the game. Hamilton’s Danny Cerino on the other hand was successful on both attempts.

Ending the first quarter tied at three, the game was still up for grabs. Hamilton’s Adam Christopher put the first touchdown of the game on the board and gave the Hurricanes the lead. Hamilton held the lead for the rest of the game, and managed to put in a second touchdown with under a minute to go in the game. The Hurricane’s second touchdown would come from Shawn Ward to make the final score 22-6.

This is just the first time that these two teams will meet in the regular season as Hamilton will head to Windsor in the middle of September. Coach Hayes says that this was AKO’s first game of the season and the Canes still have some things to work on early in the season, but he’s pleased to be 2-0 and proud of the guys for how they played Saturday afternoon.

Hamilton will look to keep their winning streak alive as they head to Twin  Cities this weekend to take on the Predators. 

Hurricanes Blow Through Braves

The Hamilton Hurricanes kicked off their season on a high note in Burlington. Hamilton may have had a slower start but after half time they were in full force and as much as Burlington put up a fight it was no match for the Canes.

Hamilton took the lead early after the Braves gave up a safety, but it wasn’t long before they made it onto the board themselves as well. In the second quarter Burlington took the lead, but it would be the only time the Braves would lead throughout the game as the ended the first half up 19-12.

Head Coach Jay Hayes said, “At halftime we just stressed the importance of knowing our assignments. We made a number of errors in the first half and we were only down 7.”

The second half the Hurricanes came out strong and ready to take back the lead. After forcing the Braves to punt, Jason Ledonne blocked the punt and recovered the ball for the Canes; which would the comeback. That was just the beginning, as the Hurricanes would find the end zone a couple more times, and almost managing to hold the Braves off completely in the third.

After a 70 yard run and a couple of flags the Braves found their way into the end zone to put up some points and end the third 33-26.

The final 15 would see just one more touchdown from the Canes, as they would take home the WIN with a 40-26 final score. Next weekend the Hamilton Hurricanes host Windsor AKO in their home opener. Coach Hayes says that in order to beat AKO next week they will need to limit both the penalties and mistakes. Kick off is scheduled for 4pm at Cardinal Newman high school in Stoney Creek.