After Tuesday night's long battle in Ayton ended in a draw, the 'Air-Tech Mechanical' BANTAM REP REBELS are returning home for Game 4 with 5 points, to West Grey's 1 point, in the WOAA Championship Final Series.
The REBELS got off to an amazing start, controlling the 1st period with 4 x more shots on net than their hosts.
Jordan Beirnes fired a rocket from the point right on target, that was deflected into the net off a West Grey defender at 10:49.
Carson Torrie was awarded the assist.
Less than a minute later, the Warrior's goalie stopped
Mitch Faust's shot and made the decision to throw the puck away instead of freezing it.
Cory Rasmussen sent it right back at him and into the far side of the net at 9:56, with the assist going to
Calvin Stewart.
The boys kept the pressure on and the puck in the Warriors end.
Torrie got control of the puck in the neutral zone, and passed to
Clay Kreuger who carried the puck over the blue line. He centred it to
Jake Moran for a low, hard shot under the goalie's pad ... which to the fans surprise ended up in the net at 4:40.
The 2nd period was back and forth with the Warriors gaining ground with a goal at 3:22, that couldn't get cleared away from the net in time.
After the break, West Grey came out throwing their weight around and with a couple of scrambles at our net at 10:54 and 8:32 ... it was all tied up.
They blew through 10 'penalty free' minutes of O.T. in the same fashion and when the buzzer went off, nothing had changed.
Final Score: REBELS 3 - WARRIORS 3
The boys are looking for your support this Saturday in Chatsworth at 4pm!
They just love performing for a BIG, LOUD, CHEERING CROWD (that doesn't just consist of their moms).
Let's help motivate them to wrap this series up with a WIN AT HOME!!!
