Brady Kearnan The Hero In OT Spoiling Excelsiors Big Comeback

Gary Groob

Gary Groob has been involved with Lacrosse for the majority of his life, whether playing, coaching, or covering the sport for the media. An avid fan, with a real drive about helping to "grow the game", Gary became part of podcasts about the game in 2010. Through the podcasts, Mr. Groob was given an opportunity to write about lacrosse, and the rest as they say, is history. Through many miles (flying and driving) Gary has made inroads with the National Lacrosse League, Major Series Lacrosse, Ontario Series Lacrosse, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, CUFLA, as well as the Arena Lacrosse League, covering the leagues, their teams, and players, working for, and in concert with all of them. In the year 2019, Mr. Groob was made the media person for the Arena Lacrosse League, voted onto the board of directors of the Brampton Excelsiors Lacrosse Club, as well as being made administrator of the Lacrosse page "Global Lacrosse" with a membership of 14,000+ members in over 90 Countries. Gary was also made an administrator of Lacrosse History Past Present and Future in 2022 with a membership of 19,000+. Gary also has been the media person for Ontario Series Lacrosse (Senior B) since 2023. Mr. Groob also covers the Green Gaels for their excursions to Prague at the Ales Hrebesky tournament since 2022. In 2024, when Major Series Lacrosse was in need of a media person, Gary stepped in as their interim media person. His tasks were running their social media, as well as their website until a full time person was found to fill the role. In 2025 Gary was voted onto the Board of Directors for Ontario Series Lacrosse. Mr. Groob hosts a weekly lacrosse interview show formerly on Spanglish Sports World, and ZingoTV channel 250, now on StreamPunkEnt.com, Youtube, as well as Spotify. Groob also hosts a lacrosse talk show and podcast for All Lacrosse All The Time seen live Sunday nights at 8pm (ET), and archived on the All Lacrosse All The Time YouTube page, as well as Spotify. Gary also wrote a weekly lacrosse editorial column for La Portada Canada News both in print and online for three years from 2021-2024. In 2025, Mr. Groob joined the ownership ranks, becoming a minority owner of StreamPunk Entertainment, ensuring Lacrosse will always have voice in media. Mr. Groob's other sports interests include Hockey, Football, Boxing, Wrestling, and Baseball, competing competitively in Boxing and Wrestling for many years.

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The Brooklin Lacrosse Club (1-1) visited the Memorial Arena in Brampton, Ontario to face the Excelsiors (0-2) in Thursday night Major Series Lacrosse action.

The goaltending match-up had Lukas Coote in net for Brooklin facing Connor O’Toole in net for Brampton.

Brooklin got off to a great start in this game. Up 7-1 in the first, Brooklin chasing Excelsiors starter Connor O’Toole in favor of Riley Hutchcraft. While Brooklin got one more in the period, Brampton rallied with three goals to end the frame with momentum.

In the following two periods, not only did Brampton’s defense tighten up, but their transition game came to life led by Josh Medeiros (3g,1a), Zach Sunderland (1g,3a), and Liam Patten (1g,1a). With a late push, the Excelsiors scored four times in the 5:56 to tie the game with just 0:36 seconds remaining. This game would need extra time to find a winner.

In overtime, Brady Kearnan gathered a rebound in front of the net, firing a laser to the far corner for the game winner. Brooklin holds on for a 12-11 victory.

To The Game:

Brooklin scored early and often in this game to set the tone. Connor Kearnan scored off a Brady Kearnan pass at 2:01, followed by a quick stick from Owen Wills off a Sean Westley pass at 5:42.

Brady Kearnan then converted a Westley pass at 6:29, followed by Will MacLeod with a sidearm snipe to the far corner off a Brady Kearnan feed at 8:10.

Matt Perreira got the Excelsiors on the board in transition converting a Josh Medeiros pass at 8:59, but Sean Westley answered back finishing a Brady Kearnan pass at 9:33.

Nate Woods continued the barrage for Brooklin scoring off a loose ball, going coast to coast at 11:59, followed by Brady Kearnan’s second of the period off an Alexis Simard pass at 12:52.

The Excelsiors replaced Connor O’Toole with Riley Hutchcraft in net.

Luke Keenan welcomed Hutchcraft to the game with a blast off a Nick Chaykowsky pass at 13:21.

Brampton finally got on track with three late goals.

Matt Pereira got his second of the period off a beautiful feed from Eric Ward at 13:57, followed by Briley Maxwell firing a low to low shot off a Zach Terry pass at 14:19. Zach Sunderland then added another transition goal off a Liam Patten pass at 16:04.

After one period, Brooklin 8 Brampton 4.

Second Period:

Nate Woods opened the second period scoring with his second of the game off a Nicholas Volkov pass at 5:01, but an unassisted transition goal from Josh Medeiros 0:43 seconds later got the Excelsiors back on track.

Zach Terry blasted a Briley Maxwell pass to the corner at 8:40, followed by Maxwell himself finishing a Terry feed at 13:12 to bring Brampton within two goals.

Michael White’s late goal would give Brooklin a little breathing room heading to the third period.

After two periods, Brooklin 10 Brampton 7.

Third Period:

While Brooklin’s defense was holding the Excelsiors at bay, Sean Westley converted a Brady Kearnan pass to increase the lead to 11-7 at 10:08.

Brampton’s transition game came back to life late in the period. Josh Medeiros scored off a Neal Adamson pass at 13:32, followed by Matt Pereira’s third of the game at 15:06.

Liam Patten brought the Excelsiors within one with a screenshot off a Zach Sunderland pass at 16:03, followed by Josh Medeiros with his third of the game with just 0:36 seconds left, sending this game to overtime.

After regulation, Brampton 11 Brooklin 11.

Overtime:

An extra period full of end to end action looked like it was going to solve nothing, with both goalies stopping everything that came their way.

However, late in the period Brady Kearnan was able to grab a rebound in front of the net, firing a laser to the far corner for his third of the night, and more importantly, the game winner at 7:20.

Final score, Brooklin 12 Brampton 11.

Shots on goal favored Brooklin 67-45.