Lacrosse
WLA Final’s – Nail Bitter To End
The Shamrocks traveled to Maple Ridge for game 2 against the Burrards in hopes of evening the series at one game each following the 11-9 loss at the Q Ccntre two nights prior.
The Burrards went with “king-pin” Frankie Scigliano, while the Shamrocks started Adam Shute, which was no
Maple Ridge kicked off the scoring while on the PP, which saw McIntosh find the twine at 4:49.
Taking things in stride saw Zack Porter make it 2-0 at 10:12 sending one over Shute’s shoulder only to see the Shamrocks Jon Harnett get one at 16:11 pulling the “Rocks” within one.
At 17:01, Shamrocks Captain Corey Small evened the scoring at 17:01 with a bullet from 40 feet out and that finished the scoring in the first ending in a 2-2 draw with Victoria outshooting the Burrards 18-9.
The teams traded a total of 11 goals in the second period, but it was Ridge that jumped out first (2:49) with McIntosh getting his second of the contest.
Victoria’s Captain Corey Small managed to reply with a pair, the first at 4:31 as he took a high jump in front of the crease putting the ball over Scigliano at 5:36, giving the Rocks the lead for the first time.
Burrards Dan Taylor replied at 7:11 with an overhand shot that I thought was screened from my point of view.
This goal was short-lived as Shamrocks Jeff Shattler replied 10 seconds after Taylor’s goal, but McIntosh picked up his hat trick goal at 8:09 tying the score at 5.
Shattler regained the lead at 8:30 while Conway added another at 11:03 from just inside the dotted line.
The Burrards went on a 3-goal run prior to the end of the period, with one being a PP marker with Mike Mallory getting the Burrards within one.
This seemed to be questioned by both referee’s as it took a minute to decide if that was in, but eventually it was added to the score-sheet.
Taylor added a pair (second and third) prior to the end of period two, with the Burrards holding one-goal lead after two, which had the shots even at 19 each.
The third saw a goaltending change for the Shamrocks putting Cody Hagedorn in to replace Adam Shute for the final 20 minutes.
Junior Shamrocks call-up Braylon Lumb got evened the score at 1:24 into the period, with Shattler grabbing a pair, putting the Shamrocks in control.
Conway got his second of the night at 16:24, which allowed the Shamrocks to kill off as much time as possible.
Hagedorn faced only just 8 shots but made huge saves at crucial times making sure there was no chance of a comeback.
Jeff Shattler led Victoria’s attack with 4 goals and 3 assists while Rhys Duch had 6 assists as they were named first and third stars respectively.
The Shamrocks also got the hat trick and 2 helpers from Corey Small and 2 goals and 2 assists from Cory Conway. Singles came off the sticks off Braylon Lumb and Jon Harnett.
Burrards Dan Taylor notched 3 goals and 3 helpers earning second star of the night.
Ben McIntosh had the hat trick and 2 helpers while Mike Mallory had 2 goals and 3 assists in the losing cause.
Game 4 is played Tuesday August 30th in Planet Ice at 7:45 PM
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