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| Mark Matthews had 4 points for Brooklin and the series is now tied 2-2. (Photo: Tim Prothero) |
38 saves from Mike Poulin and eight
different players scoring allowed the Brooklin Redmen to win every
period en route to tying up the Major Series Lacrosse semifinals
against the Six Nations Chiefs with a 10-6 victory Wednesday night in
Game 4 at Six Nations' Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.
Curtis Knight and Dan Lintner each
scored twice for Brooklin and Mark Matthews led all scorers with a
goal and 3 assists. Jr A callup Austin Staats, making his MSL debut,
was the Chiefs' top gun with a a pair of goals and an assist,
matching the 3 points scored by Dhane Smith (1g, 2a) and Jordan
Durston (3a).
The Redmen had surrendered home floor
advantage with a Game 3 loss but regained it with last night's win.
They took the early lead with goals 45 seconds apart from Lintner and
Shayne Jackson, the latter scoring at 5:30.
The score was 3-2 after one period and
4-3 midway through the second. After a nine-minute scoreless stretch,
Graeme Hossack broke away for a key shorthanded goal with two and a
half minutes to go in the period. Knight connected in the final
minute of the frame to make it 6-3 for the Redmen.
In the third, each team scored a
transition goal and a power play goal, plus Brooklin managed one set
offence marker, to make the score 9-5 through a little over eight
minutes. Then Billy Dee Smith took a boarding major and exacerbated
the situation with an unsportsmanlike minor, misconduct and game
misconduct, putting the Chiefs shorthanded until the final five
minutes of the game.
That pretty much sealed the deal for
Game 4, evening the series at two wins each and setting up a best of
three to decide who advances to the MSL finals. Game 5 goes Friday
night in Brooklin and Game 6 is Saturday back in Six Nations.
