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Lack of 'O' in
the 'Borough
After an impressive
12-4 victory in Brooklin on Wednesday night Brampton
had to get on the bus to Peterborough Thursday afternoon
to finish off a very challenging back to back section
in the schedule. The same line-up that won in Brooklin
took the floor with the exception of Blaine Manning
suiting up, and Pat Campbell starting in goal.
After failing to
capitalize on an early powerplay advantage, Mike
Carnegie fired the ball towards the net from the
Brampton restraining line and Aaron Wilson was in
front to deflect it in for an early Brampton lead
6 minutes in. Peterborough would tie the game with
a shorthanded goal midway through the first and
then took the lead with a powerplay marker with
just over 6 minutes to go. Patrick Merrill would
score a nice transition goal less than 2 minutes
later, and then Scott Carnegie would put Brampton
back on top as Pat O'Toole found himself out of
position with a minute left in the period. Brampton
took the 3-2 edge into the break.
Just a minute into
the second, the Lakers would even the score. The
Carnegie brothers grabbed a loose ball and streaked
down the floor where Mike put one past Peterborough's
keeper, but 2 minutes later Peterborough would gain
an offensive loose ball to even it up once again.
The rest of the second period was all Peterborough
with 4 straight goals including 2 breakaways and
another one coming as the result of an offensive
loosie. The Lakers would end the second up 8-4.
Brampton's offense
would finally contribute as Aaron Wilson found Bryan
Johnson open less than 3 minutes into the final
period, but Peterborough responded less than 2 minutes
later to regain their advantage and than added another
rather quickly. Brampton found themselves on the
powerplay once again but unfortunately were still
unable to put anything together offensively. Peterborough
would add another powerplay goal later on in the
period and cruised to the 11-5 finish.
Brampton travels
to Barrie on Sunday to finish up this road trip
and hope that with some players coming back in the
line-up they can rediscover the offensive chemistry
that seems to have been lacking. They then play
all 3 games against Kitchener in a row with the
first and only home game being held at the Powerade
Centre on July 2nd.
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