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Redmen Rebound
Not Enough
Thursday's 13-1 semi-final opener
between the Brampton Excelsior's and the Brooklin
Redmen had a lot of fans questioning what would
happen when the two teams met again for round two
in the Powerade Centre on Monday night. Could Brampton's
top rated defense continue to frustrate the young
Brooklin squad, or would Brooklin use the experience
to find a new plan of attack?
Just over a minute into the game,
with the teams playing 4 on 4 Josh Sanderson deflected
a pass from Colin Doyle to put the Excelsiors on
the board. The next goal didn't come until the teams
were 4 on 4 once again, but this time it was Brooklin's
Derek Hopcroft finding the back of the net to tie
the game. Josh Sanderson would score the next 2
(the first on the power-play) to give the Excelsior's
a 3-1 margin at the end of the 1st.
Brodie Merrill opened up the scoring
for the home team 2 minutes into the second period,
but then Brooklin rebounded and went on a 3 goal
run to bring the game back to even. The Excelsiors
were going to have to regroup and try to regain
the focus that they so clearly demonstrated in the
first game if they were going to hold off the surging
Redmen. Aaron Wilson scored his first of the night
at the halfway mark of the frame, and that was followed
up with a marker from Blaine Manning 2 minutes later.
Mike Carnegie then scored his second in as many
games on a power-play to regain the Excelsiors 3
goal margin, but Brooklin would respond with 2 minutes
to go to end the period 7-5 Brampton.
The third period was a chippy affair.
The game had had its share of confrontations and
it looked as though things were only going to get
rougher. After a lot of back and forth play with
some great stops from net-minder Brandon Miller,
Dan Teat was left all alone out front and buried
a short-handed marker with 8 minutes left. Aaron
Wilson then added his second of the night a minute
later. Brooklin's Steve Hutchins then took it upon
himself to start using his stick in more creative
ways which was not taken too kindly by the Brampton
bench. On the ensuing 3 on 3 Blaine Manning would
add another marker to help secure the win, and after
the penalties were over Paul Dawson showed Mr. Hutchins
the price to be paid for his ways and both combatants
left the game with a minute to go. Brooklin would
score once more in the final minute, but the win
was secure; Brampton 10 Brooklin 6.
Game 3 and 4 move to Brooklin this
coming Wednesday and Friday. Please note the 8:30
start times as the Lacrosse Festival is underway
at the IPSC. Game 5 if needed will be back at the
Powerade Centre on Monday night with an 8:00 start
time.
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