Brooklin Explodes for Nine Straight Goals to Roll Past Oakville 14-8

By Gary Groob

The Oakville Rock (9-3) traveled east to face the Brooklin Lacrosse Club (7-7) in Major Series Lacrosse action Wednesday night at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby, Ontario.

The goaltending match-up had Evan Constantopolous in net for Oakville facing Aden Walsh in net for Brooklin.

Brooklin (BLC) weathered an early storm before completely flipping the script Wednesday night, rallying from a first-period deficit to earn an impressive 14-8 victory over Oakville at Iroquois Park Sports Centre. After the Rock raced out to a 5-4 lead behind two goals each from Carson Moyer and Jack MacAlpine, Brooklin found its rhythm late in the opening frame as Reilly O'Connor completed a natural hat trick to keep the home side within striking distance. The turning point came in the second period, where the BLC seized control with four unanswered goals. Will Johansen sparked the surge with a coast-to-coast transition effort before Dylan Watson, Dyson Williams, and Connor Kearnan stretched the lead to 8-5, while Aden Walsh and the Brooklin defense shut the door at the other end.

Brooklin never looked back in the third, piling on three more goals to extend its run to nine consecutive tallies before Oakville finally answered. Matt Acchione, Dan Lintner, and Watson all found the back of the net as the BLC's balanced attack overwhelmed the Rock. Alex Simmons and Isiah Moran-Weekes briefly cut into the deficit, but O'Connor's fourth goal of the night on the power play, followed by an empty-net marker from Nate Woods and a late transition goal from Cam Acchione, put the finishing touches on the victory. Brooklin dominated the final 40 minutes, outshooting Oakville 44-26 over the second and third periods to finish with a commanding 63-45 edge in shots.

To The Game:

The Rock opened the scoring with Carson Moyer with high to high blast off a Mike McCannell pass at 2:46, followed by Jack MacAlpine with a great individual effort off an Isiah Moran-Weekes feed at 3:41.

Reilly O'Connor answered for Brooklin with a quick stick off a behind the back pass from Connor Kearnan at 4:04, but Oakville came back with Justin Lee cutting through the middle off a Josh Dawick feed 50 seconds later.

Carson Moyer's second of the game increased the Rock lead off an Isiah Moran-Weekes pass at 11:59, but Reilly O'Connor again replied being sent in all alone off a long lead pass from Holden Garlent in transition at 13:13.

Jack MacAlpine scored for the Rock finishing a beautiful pass from Matthew Vilas at 14:02, but Dyson Williams, after a few fakes, beat Constantopolous over the shoulder off a Chris Boushy pass at 17:13. Reilly O'Connor then scored his third of the period off a nice feed from Matt Acchione 14 seconds later to bring the game within one.

After one period, Oakville 5 Brooklin 4.
Shots on goal were tied 19-19.

Second Period:

The BLC came out in the second period on fire. After a change of possession, Will Johansen went coast to coast blasting a shot in transition unassisted at 7:18, followed by Dylan Watson with an over the shoulder shot off a Chris Boushy pass late in the shot clock at 11:13.

Dyson Williams then fired a laser from the outside off a Watson pass keeping the Brooklin momentum going at 12:47, followed by Connor Kearnan with a pick and roll from the top of the crease off a Williams feed at 15:22.

After two periods, Brooklin 8 Oakville 5.
Shots on goal favored the BLC 23-15.

Third Period:

The BLC opened the third period scoring with Matt Acchione scoring in transition off a turnover unassisted at 2:37, followed by Dan Lintner with a quick stick off a Dyson Williams pass at 3:41. Jack Oldman then found Dylan Watson in close with a nice feed at 8:51.

Alex Simmons finally broke through for Oakville converting an Isiah Moran-Weekes pass from in close at 9:42 to stop the Brooklin nine goal run, followed by Moran-Weekes with a great move in tight off a Josh Dawick pass at 11:11. Simmons then added another Rock goal with a bounced shot off a Jake Darlison feed 34 seconds later.

Reilly O'Connor gave Brooklin some insurance with his fourth of the night on the power-play off a Dyson Williams pass at 15:54, followed by Nate Woods with an empty net marker off an Owen Tapper pass at 17:00. Cam Acchione then added a late tally off a Mike Byrne pass in transition to seal the deal at 17:33.

Final score, Brooklin 14 Oakville 8.
Shots on goal favored the BLC 21-11, for a game total favoring Brooklin 63-45.

The Three Stars:

1. Reilly O'Connor
2. Dyson Williams
3. Josh Dawick

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