Nitehawks rally past Border Bruins with three-goal third

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks scored three unanswered goals in the third period to rally for a 5-2 win over the Grand Forks Border Bruins on Tuesday.

Grand Forks opened a 2-0 first-period lead with goals from Hayden Evans and Hunter Paterson.

Blaine Nelson put Beaver Valley on the board with 20 seconds remaining in the opening period before David Ross tied the game at 2-2 at 9:22 of the second.

The Nitehawks took their first lead at 10:59 of the third when Jackson Rendall scored on the power play, with Crimson Chittick and Brock Robertson picking up the assists.

Niklaas Braaksma added another goal 57 seconds later to give Beaver Valley a 4-2 advantage.

Felix Hawryluk rounded out the scoring with an unassisted goal at 17:27.

Beaver Valley outshot Grand Forks 34-24 and went one-for-three on the power play. The Border Bruins were scoreless on three opportunities with the man advantage.

Nitehawks goaltender Kayd Mercier stopped 22 of 24 shots for the win, while Grand Forks netminder Cole Fox made 29 saves.

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