The Nova Major Bantams were back in league action this past weekend with a pair of road games against the ACCEL Halifax Hawks and the Pro Hockey Like Harbour Storm.  “Both teams this weekend have been solid defensively of late,“ said head coach Kyle MacDonald.  “They play strong in all three zones so we have to work on getting some speed going through the neutral zone and coming up with a strong forecheck. If we do that, I am sure we will walk away with the four points”.  At the Halifax Civic Arena on Saturday, the Novas were down by two goals early in the game before Jacob Hudson converted the pass from Chase Ellis to get the Novas within one.  The Hawks restored the two goal lead soon afterwards, and the game entered the second with the Novas down 3-1.  Jack Morris (assisted by Logan Chisholm) and Malcolm MacEachern (assisted by Logan Timmons and Sean Stewart) knotted the game for the Novas in the second, but the Hawks again took the lead early in the third.  With time winding down in the third, and the home team trying mightily to hang on for the two points, the combination of Logan Timmons, Malcolm MacEachern and Sean Stewart tied the game with a little over a minute left, setting the stage for the unassisted overtime game winner by Jacob Hudson.  On Sunday at Cole Harbour Place, a fierce Harbour Storm pounded the Novas in a 3-2 loss.  Fearghus MacDonald and Malcolm MacEachern scored for the Novas with MacDonald, Calum MacPherson, Logan Timmons, and Lucas Fabijancic adding the assists.  Novas goaltender Colton Ellis split the goaltending chores with Kolby Baker on Saturday, and took the loss on Sunday. “We had some stretches on the weekend where we played great, and some stretches where we just couldn’t get anything to go right,” said Coach MacDonald.  “Again, some bad giveaways on our half of the ice went into the back of our net.  So we still some work to do, especially with playoffs right around the corner!”  The Novas play their final two regular season games at home next weekend - Saturday against the Pro Hockey Life Harbour Storm at 5 PM the Antigonish Arena, and Sunday at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre at 1:00 PM against the Landworks Gulls, two important games for Novas with playoffs in the NSMBHL starting in the third week of February.