Excelsior's continue their winning ways

After winning the home opener 12-10 over the Six Nations Chiefs in front of a great crowd at the Powerade Centre Thursday night the Brampton squad looked forward to the next task at hand, the grueling trip to battle the St. Regis Indians…

With some key players still not back yet, and already fighting the injury bug after game 1 it was a depleted, yet confident team that boarded the bus at 10:30 Saturday morning for the 7:00 game just outside of Cornwall. The team traveled with two call-ups, one from the Senior B affiliate Ajax-Pickering Rock, and one from the Burlington Chiefs Junior A team, but that still left them 2 players short from a full line-up. The team was not willing to accept any excuses and was determined to fight hard for the 2 points on the line that could make all the difference in the standings down the road.

St. Regis's newest acquisition, NLL MVP Athan Iannucci opened the scoring 5 minutes into the game, but rookie sensation John McClure tied it up 4 minutes later, keeping up his scoring streak going. Dan Dawson came around the edge to give the Excelsiors the lead 2 and a half minutes later, but Iannucci answered that goal from the same spot he scored his first. Jeff Shattler buried a cross crease from Dan Dawson with 15 seconds remaining to end the 1st period.

The Excelsior's never looked back. Jeff Shattler scored his second of the night 6 minutes into the second frame to give the team a two goal lead. Steve Toll from St. Regis blocked a shot on an Excelsior power-play and sped down the floor to bring the Indians back to with one, and the second period ended with Brampton leading 4-3, but facing the first St Regis power-play to start the 3rd.

Neither team allowed a power-play goal all night. After a great penalty kill, Mike Hominuck scored 6 minutes into the 3rd, to restore the 2 goal lead. With Patrick Merrill in the box, the team went on to kill another penalty, and then rookie Brendan Doran scored his first goal in the Majors on a breakaway to increase the lead to three. With time running out, St. Regis began to pull their goaltender for the extra attacker. Their first attempt was successful as Kevin Dostie blasted one in with just under two minutes remaining, but the Excelsior defense and goaltender Anthony Cosmo held strong, and the buzzer sounded with a final score of Brampton 6 St. Regis 4.

The Excelsior's hope to be close to full strength for their next contest this Thursday night in Brampton, when they face the visiting KW Kodiaks at 8:00 in the Powerade Centre. Once again, season tickets will be available, now at $90 per pair. That gets you 2 tickets to the remaining 8 home games, a $144 value. Tickets are for sale through many different levels of the Excelsior organization or arrangements can be made through e-mail at be-lax@hotmail.com.

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