Brooklin Is Ready For The Next Round With Dominant Victory

Photo courtesy of Sam Hossack Media 

The Saskatchewan Roadrunners (0-4) faced the Brooklin Merchants (4-0) in a Quarter-Final match-up for the President's Cup at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby, Ontario. 

The goaltending match-up had Pat Mallough  in net for the Roadrunners facing Deacan Knott in net for Brooklin.

Again Saskatchewan came into the game with an extremely short bench.   With only ten runners they played admirably, but not enough to compete with the Merchants.  Although the Roadrunners hung in for a while, Brooklin took over midway through the first period, never looking back.   
Will MacLeod (3g,5a) led the way for Brooklin, with Braedon Saris (2g,5a), Darren Elliott (3g,2a), and Alex Marinier (3g,2a) also having big nights for the Merchants.

Saskatchewan's offense was led by Austin Shanks (2g,1a), Lundyn Kups (2g, 0a), and Vincent Cree (1g,1a).

Brooklin advances to the semi-final with a 19-5 victory. 

To The Game:

Liam Osborne opened the scoring for Brooklin from in close off a Braedon Saris pass at 3:59, but Vincent Cree tied the game with a low to low blast off a Stepan Friedl pass at 5:54.

The Merchants stormed back with Cody Hamley firing a high to low shot off a Cole Tucker feed at 7:55, followed by Alex Marinier with a sidearm snipe to the corner off a Kellen Pulera pass at 8:27.

The Merchants barrage continued with Will MacLeod scoring back to back.  The first was converting a Liam Osborne pass at 11:25, followed by scoring from the top of the crease off a Kellen Pulera feed at 15:13.

Darren Elliott then scored from the top of the crease off a Cole Tucker pass 0:21 seconds later, followed by Cody Hamley with his second of the period off a Ryan McCrory pass at 16:34.  Zac Carrigan then finished a Darren Elliott pass with a quick stick at 17:06.

After one period, Brooklin 8 Saskatchewan 1.

Second Period:

The Merchants replaced Deacan Knott with Ryan Schuetzkowski in net.

Austin Shanks opened the second period scoring for Saskatchewan with a high to high blast, but Braedon Saris replied on a great individual effort off an Alexis Simard feed at 4:17.   

Alex Marinier added to the lead with a blast off an Eddie Renaud pass at 8:11, followed by Adam Perroni with a goal in transition off a Robert Morgan feed at 9:05.

Braedon Saris scored his second of the game off a Will MacLeod cross crease pass 0:27 seconds later, followed by Darren Elliott in transition off a Kobe Handsor pass at 12:52.

The barrage continued with Zac Carrigan converting a Will MacLeod pass from in close at 13:48, followed by Alex Marinier blasting a Will MacLeod feed at 15:25.

Austin Shanks got one back for Saskatchewan with a beautiful goal from in close off a Max Breunig pass at 17:01.

After two periods, Brooklin 15 Saskatchewan 3.

Third Period:

The Roadrunners got on the board first when Lundyn Kups scored off a Vincent Cree pass at 3:43, but Zac Carrigan answered with a blast from the outside off a Cody Hamley feed at 4:39.

Kellen Pulera then scored from the side of the net off a Darren Elliott pass at 9:39, followed by Elliott himself with a beauty from in front off a Kobe Handsor pass at 12:52.

Lundyn Kups added one more for Saskatchewan at 13:46, but Will MacLeod replied with a low to low blast off an Eddie Renaud pass at 15:36.

Final score, Brooklin 19 Saskatchewan 5.

Players of the Game:

Saskatchewan  - Pat Mallough 
Brooklin  - Alex Marinier