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The two leading teams in the Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League, both undefeated going in, put on quite a display Monday night at St. Adolphe.

St. Adolphe, winners of their first four games, hosted the Red River Mudbugs, who came in with a 3-0 mark. And it was the Mudbugs that prevailed, winning 7-6 in a shootout.

However, with that extra point, the Hawks, now 4-0-0-1, still have a one point lead on the Mudbugs (4-0-0-0), although the Mudbugs have a game in hand.

But it was the Hawks who thought they had Monday's game in hand as they romped to a 4-1 first period lead and extended that lead to 5-1 early in the second. But then the Mudbugs mounted their comeback, narrowing the gap to 5-3 after 40 minutes as they would go on to score five straight goals to go up 6-5 with just over four and a minutes left in the third.

Curtis Metzler tied it for St. Adolphe with three minutes remaining in regulation, sending this affair to extra time, where the Mudbugs eventually prevailed, with Russ Unrau getting the shootout winner.

Tristen Dueck and Skylar Klassen each had a goal and two assists for the winners while Metzler had two goals and two assists for the Hawks.

Gavin Klassen was stupendous in nets for the Mudbugs making 58 saves as the Hawks outshot the Mudbugs 64-45 in the contest.

HTJHL action resumes Thursday night at Oakbank as the Springfield Xtreme host the Mitchell Mohawks at 8:00 p.m.