Hometown Sports Recap — Thursday, October 1, 2026 — Bateman's OT Winner Sinks Hawks

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Keenan Bateman's hat trick, including the overtime winner, lifted the Niagara Riverhawks past the Hagersville Hawks 4-3 at Gale Centre on Thursday night. It was the lone hometown game on the schedule, and the Hawks made Niagara earn it, pulling level twice before the extra frame.

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Game of the Night: Niagara Riverhawks vs Hagersville Hawks

Thursday night at Gale Centre, the Hagersville Hawks head east for a Bloomfield Division road test and get exactly the kind of game that sends a bus home quiet. Niagara jumps in front with a pair of first-period goals, and the Hawks answer once before the intermission to stay within reach.

Hagersville gets the only goal of the second period and the game is level at 2-2. In the third, each side finds the net once more, and regulation ends 3-3. The Hawks get their scoring from three different players: Boston Strauch, Matteo Reda, and Tyler Matthews each put one on the board, one in every period, which is how a road team stays in a game it trails early.

Then comes overtime, and it does not last long. Keenan Bateman finishes his hat trick at 1:30 of the extra frame to send the home crowd out happy. Cole Bateman had added the other Niagara goal earlier in the night. For Hagersville, it is a point earned the hard way and a reminder that a team that keeps coming back is a team that can win these games down the road.

Final: Niagara Riverhawks 4, Hagersville Hawks 3 (OT).