The RedHawks would prevail with a win in their annual season opener across the border with a 7-5 win over Six Nations. 
Six Nations would score first, but Wade Bucktooth would answer with two goals three minutes apart. Wade had the hot hand as he would
finish with three goals and 1 assist.
The RedHawks would travel to their season opener with (4) Junior B players, two of them goalies in Brandon Miller and Elliott Lyons. Brandon would get the nod to start and finished strong in the nets. With 33 minutes in penalties, the defense would find themselves getting a workout. They hung tough and with the fine net minding of Miller, they held the Slash scoreless in the second period. (As the game would go into a 10 min. overtime, Brandon would shut the door on all the Slashes attempts to score.)
At the end of regulation the scoreboard read 5-5.
Into the overtime, no goals would be made until 2:37 remained when Wade fed Pete Benedict and he would fire it past Slash goalie, Marko Celic.
With :51 until the final horn, in transition, Defenseman Derek Bennett would outlet to Trevor Clark who found defenseman ‘Junior’ Bucktooth
hustling down the middle of the floor. ‘Junior’ would score and secure the win for the visiting Onondaga RedHawks.
SCORING: Wade Bucktooth 3-1, Cameron Simpson 1-1, Pete Benedict 2-1, Junior Bucktooth 1-0, Troy Benedict 0-2,
Vince Thomas 0-2, Derek Bennett 0-1, Lee Nanticoke 0-3, Trevor Clark 0-1.
Up next for the Redhawks is a trip to Allegany on Sunday, April 26th at 4pm.