No playoff sweep as Lakers fall in OT
Brooklin turns up the heat with 11-10 victory
WHITBY – Nobody really thought the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers were going to sweep the Brooklin Redmen, did they?
Austin Shanks’s fourth goal of the game was the lone marker in overtime as the Redmen beat the Lakers 11-10 at Iroquois Park Arena on Friday night.
The Redmen staved off elimination and force a fifth game in Peterborough Monday at 8 pm. With the Lakers up 3-1 in the best-of-seven MSL semifinal.
Shanks weaved through traffic to bury a shot 4:11 into overtime on a play started by Redmen goalie Mike Poulin.
The Six Nations Chiefs lead the other semifinal 2-1 after a 9-7 win over the Oakville Rock on Thursday. For the second straight game Brooklin took a 2-0 lead only to have the Lakers rally with three straight.
Austin Murphy, a newcomer to the series, scored on a step back shot through a screen on Matt Vinc.
Shanks converted John Lafontaine’s pass on the run while short-handed at 5:20.
Holden Cattoni scored on the same power play with an outside shot.
Peterborough tied it when Ian Llord took Matt Gilray’s pass in transition and beat Poulin. Josh Currier came off a pick and drove the middle to give Peterborough a lead at 7:55.
Chris Corbeil tied it on a transition goal but the Lakers ended the period up 4-3 as Peterborough got two re-possessions before Kyle Buchanan ripped a shot off Poulin’s shoulder.
Brooklin’s power play tied it 2:52 into the second when Ryan Keenan buried Mark Matthews pass after some slick ball movement.
Buchanan dropped Currier’s rebound past Poulin at 6:53.
The lead lasted 56 seconds as Shanks found the top corner after faking out Vinc.
The seesaw continued with Matt Gilray beating Poulin on a shot he might like back after a Redmen turnover at 10:27. Shanks capped a hat trick finding a lane to the net to finish Shayne Jackson’s power play pass at
17:44 making it 6-6 after 40 minutes.
Penalties were a factor early in the third as Corey Small’s power play marker at 15 seconds and Chad Tutton’s short-handed transition goal, on a delayed penalty set up by Gilray, bumped the Lakers ahead 8-6 at 2:48. Keenan got one back on a power play 1:15 later.
After a couple of breakaway saves by Vinc Matt Spanger got in alone and beat him to tie with 6:18 remaining.
Matthews drove the net to give Brooklin its first lead since early in the first period at 14:47 but Small ran a screen to open room for Cattoni to tie it 22 seconds later.
Jordi Jones-Smith scored on a fastbreak goal, off Poulin’s long pass, putting Brooklin up 10-9 with 3:02 left.
Cory Vitarelli converted a backdoor pass from Evans knotting it again at 18:56.
NOTES: Zach Currier drew back into the Lakers’ lineup for Game 4 after missing two games with work commitments.
Andrew Suitor was given the night off.
It was their only lineup change from Game 3.
Redmen 11 Lakers 10 (OT)
Series: The Lakers lead the best-of-seven MSL semifinal 3-1. Game 5 is 8 p.m. Monday at the Memorial Centre.
Lakers scorers: Kyle Buchanan (2-1), Holden Cattoni (2-0), Corey Small (1-4), Matt Gilray (1-2), Cory Vitarelli (1-2), Josh Currier (1-1), Ian Llord (1-0), Chad Tutton (1-0), Shawn Evans (0-3), Jake Withers (0-1).
Redmen scorers: Austin Shanks (4-1), Ryan Keenan (2-1), Mark Matthews (1-4), Austin Murphy (1-1), Chris Corbeil (1-0), Jordi Jones-Smith (1-0), Matt Spanger (1-0), Shayne Jackson (0-2), Dan Lintner (0-2), Mike Poulin (0-2), John Lafontaine (0-1), Reilly O’Connor (0-1), Adrian Sorichetti (0-1), Derek Suddons (0-1).