Box Score
The Brock University men's hockey team knocked off the first place Guelph Gryphons by the score of 5-4 in overtime to sweep the best 2-out-of-3 OUA West Semi-Finals series.
With the victory, the Badgers now advance to the OUA West Finals as they take on the No. 2 seed York Lions in a best 2-out-of-3 series with the winner advancing to the USPORTS Nationals. Brock has captured two OUA West titles in school history (1994-95, 2007-08).
The Badgers opened the scoring 16:35 into the first period as Sammy setup
Matt MacLeod for his second goal of the playoffs. Just 18 seconds later, Guelph tied the game 1-1 on a goal from Scott Simmonds.
In the second period, Brock answered with three straight goals over a five minute span to take a a 4-1 lead. Scoring for Brock were
Josh Timpano,
Connor Brown and Macleod, his second of the night. Guelph would get a late one with 32 seconds remaining to make it a 4-2 game after 40 minutes.
With the season on the line, the Gryphons opened the third period with two goals to tie the game 4-4. Scoring for Guelph was Mark Raycroft at 4:34 and Marc Stevens with a power play goal at 6:08.
For the second time in this series it would be decided in overtime. Seven minutes into OT, rookie
Brayden Stortz would dig it out the corner to
Dexter Weber at the blueline, who fired a shot on goal, which was redirected by
Mitch Nardi in front of Guelph goaltender Andrew Masters for the game winner.
Brock starter
Clint Windsor recorded 46 saves for the victory. He also became the first Brock goaltender in a single season to record 1000 saves. Masters collected 31 saves in the loss.
SCORING SUMMARY
-- 1st --
Brock 16:35
Matt MacLeod (
Sammy Banga )
Guelph 16:53 Scott Simmonds ( Cody Thompson )
- 2nd --
Brock 3:43
Josh Timpano (
Matt MacLeod &
Ayden MacDonald )
Brock 7:30
Connor Brown (
Sammy Banga &
Evan Morden )
Brock 8:21
Matt MacLeod (
Ayden MacDonald &
Jeff Corbett )
Guelph 19:28 Scott Simmonds ( unassisted)
-- 3rd --
Guelph 4:34 Mark Raycroft ( Scott Simmonds & Todd Winder )
Guelph 6:08 PP - Marc Stevens ( Todd Winder & Patrick Kudla )
-- OT --
Brock 7:12
Mitch Nardi (
Dexter Weber &
Brayden Stortz )
