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| John Grant Jr had 9 points to lead the Lakers to the win over Brooklin. |
The Peterborough Lakers used a strong
third period to pull away from the Brooklin Redmen and take a 14-10
win Thursday night in Peterborough behind a 9-point performance by
John Grant Jr. The teams had traded runs through the first two
periods and entered the final 20 minutes tied 7-7. Scott Evans
got things started in the third with his second goal of the game just
55 seconds into the frame on a nice pass from Grant to the top of the
crease. That was one of 8 assists Grant got in the game. Five Lakers
scored a pair of goals each and Shawn Evans contributed 4
assists. Shayne Jackson had another excellent game for the
Redmen, scoring twice and adding 4 assists while Shawn Williams
had five helpers for Brooklin.
Peterborough ran out to a 5-1 lead and
looked to be controlling much of the play in the first period, but
Brooklin got their legs under them and battled back to make it 5-4 by
the intermission. Neither team scored for almost half of the second
period as the defences came to the fore and both Zach Higgins for
Brooklin and Tyler Carlson for Peterborough were turning aside
everything they faced. The Lakers eventually cracked the dam, getting
goals from Aaron Wilson and Chad Culp a couple of minutes apart to
extend their lead. But Brooklin got the last three goals of the
period to tie it up heading into the third.
The Lakers scored the first three goals
of the third period and answered each time that Brooklin was able to
score. Lakers transition player Andrew Suitor said his team
needs to improve but they're happy to get the two points. “A win's
a win. We'll take these ones early in the year. They're the ones that
are going to count down the road, especially if you want to have that
huge seventh game in Peterborough. So yeah we'll take the win but
there's stuff to clean up both offensively and defensively and we
just want to try to get better every game.”
Brooklin Head Coach Wayne Colley
said he's pleased with the effort put in by his team, which was
missing several players. “That should be a measuring stick to where
we need to go,” he said. “I'm missing probably nine players out
of my lineup that would play on a regular basis and that was their
full lineup so my measuring stick is okay with that.”
