(Photo courtesy of Sam Hossack Media)
The Cobourg Kodiaks (1-2) traveled west to face the Brooklin Lacrosse Club (3-1) at the Iroquois Park Sports Complex in Whitby, Ontario.
The goaltending match-up had Jackson Brown of the Kodiaks facing Steven Orleman of Brooklin.
A pair of late goals 0:34 seconds apart from Sean Westley sent Brooklin away with the 12-10 victory in this see-saw affair. Both teams had opportunities to take control but the play of goalies was outstanding throughout the game.
Tied after one period, the Kodiaks jumped out to a three goal lead in the second period looking like they might run away with the game. Alex Marinier (3g,1a) led the way for Cobourg with Holden Patterson (2g,2a) also scoring timely goals.
Late in the second, Brooklin mounted a comeback with Chris Boushy (3g,3a), Connor Kearnan (3g,2a), and Sean Westley (2g,1a) leading the charge in the eventual comeback. A late empty net goal sealed the deal, as Brooklin came away with the two goal victory.
To The Game:
Cobourg got on the board first with Holden Patterson converting an Aaron Woods pass at 1:09, but Connor Kearnan answered immediately with a blast off a Chris Boushy feed just 0:24 seconds later.
Dustyn Birkhof gave the Kodiaks the lead once again with a great individual effort unassisted at 16:01, but Chris Boushy evened the score with a shot from in front off a Luke Keenan pass at 17:42.
After one period, Cobourg 2 Brooklin 2.
Second Period:
Alex Marinier opened the scoring for the Kodiaks blasting an Aaron Woods pass from the outside at 2:48, but Keenan Cook evened the score unassisted at 3:58.
Connor Kearnan gave Brooklin their first lead of the day with a sidearm snipe off a Liam Osbourne pass at 5:33, but Alex Marinier’s second of the day off a Holden Patterson feed tied the game once more at 5:57.
Gareth Haigh scored off a Dante Kulas feed at 12:48, followed by Alex Marinier’s third of the night to stake the Kodiaks to a two goal lead at 13:08.
Dante Kulas increased the Kodiaks lead off a Jake Harrington pass at 14:20, but Nate Woods stopped the run with a goal in transition off a Michael White pass at 14:51.
Jake Harrington then added another marker for the Kodiaks in transition on a loose ball pickup at 15:53.
Chris Boushy’s second of the game on the power-play off a Connor Kearnan pass at 17:28, followed by Jacob Hickey’s low to low shot to the corner at 19:30 had this a one goal game at the break.
After two periods, Cobourg 8 Brooklin 7.
Third Period:
The game became much more Chippy in the third period with tempers flaring continously.
Tanner Cook tied the game on the power-play for Brooklin with a high to low bounced shot off a Chris Boushy pass at 6:49, followed by Connor Kearnan with a power-play goal off a rebound in front at 7:44.
Holden Patterson tied the game off an Alex Marinier pass at 13:55, followed by a laser from Gareth Haigh off a Dante Kulas feed at 16:35.
Late in the period Brooklin’s Sean Westley scored twice 0:34 seconds apart. The first tied the game with a low to low blast to the corner off a Chris Boushy pass at 17:14, followed by the eventual game winner off a Tanner Cook feed at 17:48. An empty net goal from Chris Boushy with 0:10 seconds remaining sealed the deal.
Final score, Brooklin 12 Cobourg 10.
Shots on goal favored Brooklin 58-45.
The Three Stars:
1. Sean Westley
2. Alex Marinier
3. Chris Boushy
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