Rock get off the schneid, win first of season 14-8 over KW

Nick Rose and the Oakville Rock held off KW 14-8 for their first win of the
MSL season. (Photo: Tim Prothero)

The first win of the season was a long time coming for the Oakville Rock, and it wasn't in time to save Phil Sanderson's job, but the team is finally in the win column following a 14-8 victory over the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks Sunday in Waterloo.

Oakville employed five- and four-goal runs to take a 9-2 lead over the Kodiaks and held on for the win from there. Captain Stephan Leblanc was the big gunner for Oakville, scoring 3 goals and adding 5 assists. Rob Hellyer and Jeremy Noble each and 2 goals and 3 assists to help the cause. Joey Cupido and Luke Laszkiewicz had a pair of goals each to lead the Kodiaks.

The Rock won't have much time to rest on their laurels. Oakville is right back in action Monday night when they play host to the Brampton Excelsiors at 8pm at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. If you can't get to the rink, you can watch the game live via JVI Sports Network streaming; just click on the JVI logo in this site's right hand column.