Marinier and Haley Lead Kodiaks Past Rock in Statement Victory

By Gary Groob 

The Oakville Rock (9-4) traveled east to face the Cobourg Kodiaks (8-5) in Major Series Lacrosse action Sunday evening at the Cobourg Community Centre in Cobourg, Ontario. 

The goaltending match-up had Landon Kells in net for the Rock facing Laine Hruska in net for the Kodiaks. 

The Cobourg Kodiaks put together one of their most complete performances of the season Sunday night, using a balanced offensive attack and timely defense to defeat the Oakville Rock 10-6 at the Cobourg Community Centre. Alex Marinier and Brock Haley drove the offense from the opening faceoff, combining for seven goals as the Kodiaks built an early lead and never allowed the Rock to get any closer than two goals. Cobourg also received another solid effort from Laine Hruska, who turned aside 45 shots to backstop the victory.

Oakville controlled the shot clock for much of the evening, finishing with a 51-50 edge in shots, but Cobourg made the most of its opportunities while capitalizing on key momentum swings. Carson Moyer paced the Rock with a hat trick, including a highlight-reel individual effort, while Nate Renaud scored his first Major Series Lacrosse goal. However, every Oakville push was answered by the Kodiaks, who improved to 8-5 with the convincing 10-6 win.

To The Game:

Cobourg got on the board first with Brock Haley going high to low off an Alex Marinier pass at 41 seconds, followed by Marinier himself with a pick and roll scoring from the top of the crease off a Brock Haley feed at 4:44.  Alex Marinier then scored with a quick stick at the side of the net off a great individual effort from Shane Halliwell at 6:11.

Oakville finally got on track with a bounced shot from Carson Moyer off an Ethan Harkins pass at 11:44.

After one period, Cobourg 3 Oakville 1.
Shots on goal favored the Rock 19-17.

Second Period:

Aaron Woods opened the second period scoring shorthanded with a low to low laser from the outside off a Brock Haley pass at 3:42, but Carson Moyer answered with a great individual effort coming out of the corner diving across the crease unassisted at 7:21.  

Brock Haley immediately responded with an underhand rip off a Zach Thompson pass just 23 seconds later, followed by Thompson himself with a shot from the top of the crease off a Briley Maxwell pass at 8:14.

Justin Lee gave the Rock some life with a quick stick off a Carson Moyer pass at 10:38, but Aaron Woods answered with a shot that Landon Kells originally stopped, but the momentum had the ball roll in off his arm at 13:25.

Btock Haley increased the Kodiaks lead with a bounced shot off an Alex Marinier pass at 15:48.

Oakville replaced Landon Kells with Evan Constantopolous in net.

Oakville got on the board with a long lead pass from Eric McDonald to Nate Renaud, scoring his first MSL goal at 16:41.

After two periods, Cobourg 8 Oakville 4.
Shots on goal favored the Kodiaks 15-14.

Third Period:


Alex Marinier opened the third period scoring with a blast to the shortside off an Aaron Woods pass at 25 seconds, but on a loose ball, Carson Moyer with a great individual effort scored with a laser to the top corner unassisted at 11:38.

Alex Marinier increased the Kodiaks lead on the power-play with an absolute howitzer off a Brock Haley feed at 12:13, but Josh Dawick replied with a sidearm blast off a Justin Lee pass at 18:23.

Final score, Cobourg 10 Oakville 6.
Shots on goal were tied 18-18, for a game total of 51-50 in favor of the Rock.

The Three Stars:

1. Brock Haley 
2. Alex Marinier 
3. Laine Hruska 

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