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| Shawn Williams had 6 assists as Brooklin beat Oakville. (File photo: Tim Prothero) |
The Brooklin Redmen won a tight
back-and-forth matchup with the Oakville Rock 9-8 Monday night. The
Redmen got a hat trick from Kyle Aquin and six assists from
Shawn Williams while Rob Hellyer led the way for the
Rock with three goals and one assist. Brooklin trailed 3-2 after the
first period but scored the first four goals of the second to take
the lead. Oakville responded with three goals in less than a minute,
from 14:57 to 15:44, to tie things up 6-6 heading into the second
intermission. Those goals chased goalie Steve Fryer from the
Brooklin net but he returned for the third period and was excellent
for the Redmen, turning aside breakaways and in-close shots to allow
them to hold on for the win.
Curtis Knight and Kiel Matisz
scored the first two goals of the third period to give Brooklin the
lead. Once again, though, the Rock scored in quick succession to tie
things up. Shayne Adams put one in at 10:17. Just under a minute
later, Billy Hostrawser broker out of the Oakville end with a
loose ball and pushed it towards the Brooklin net. Hostrawser passed
to Jordan MacIntosh on the left wing and he flung it back to a
trailing Ethan O'Connor, who ripped a bounce shot home to tie
the game 8-8.
Less than a minute later, Williams hit
a cutting Derek Hopcroft who caught the pass and released a
shot all in one motion to put home what would prove to be the winning
goal. Williams, who now has no goals and 21 assists in four games
this season, said he's not worried about putting the ball in the net
himself. “The goals come from all over. It's a great group of young
guys that I get to play with. As a goal scorer you want to score, but
if you win you don't worry about it,” Williams said.
Oakville Head Coach Phil Sanderson
was left once again wondering what might have been. Oakville has lost
five games on the floor, two of them by two goals and three by one
goal, including a pair in overtime. “I stare at my ceiling after
these games trying to figure out what we can do right,” he said.
“Thinking about what we did wrong is getting a little tiresome. I
wouldn't mind getting a couple of Ws in the win column.”
Sanderson said the mood in the locker
room is still positive and the team still believes they can qualify
for the playoffs. “The mistakes we're making are minor but they're
costing us big,” Sanderson said. “They're very fixable mistakes.
Just a little bit of inexperience in part. Then again, we're still
growing and pulling in the same direction so I think it's just a
matter of time before we get that one. Then one leads to two and two
leads to three and we're on a roll.”
The teams meet again this Wednesday
when Oakville travels to Brooklin for an 8pm game.
