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SALEM, N.H. | Just a eight weeks ago Timberlane was in disarray.

The team had just dropped a 4-0 decision to Andover in the Blue Devil Holiday Classic followed by a 3-0 loss the following night to Oyster River. In that second game, head coach Andrew Merrick decided to sit five of his varsity players for what he described as a "lack of effort."

After two tough days at the Blue Devil Classic, Nick Currier made sure his squad wasn't going to have a third.

Currier recorded his first hat trick of the season to lead Pinkerton to a 6-4 win over Oyster River.

After what Timberlane coach Andrew Merrick considers his team's worst effort this season, he made the tough decision to sit five of his best players.

And with five JV players on the roster, the Owls played well in spurts but eventually succumbed to the Oyster River attack, 3-0.

Tyler Vigue of Salem easily summed up his team's play over the first 30 minutes.

"We were just awful in the first two periods," said the senior. "We came out not skating and the loss to Exeter (on Saturday) was still in our heads. We thought we couldn't win and we couldn't score. But then we switched."