ALL East Game Recaps - Week 11

A full slate of four games this week in the Arena Lacrosse League East.

At the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario 

Brampton Express 18  Toronto Monarchs 7

The Monarchs held their own for about 17:00 of the game, getting out to a 4-3 lead early in the second quarter.  Then the roof fell in.  For the next 38:00 Brampton dominated the game scoring twelve of the next thirteen goals.  Led by Zach Sunderland, Pent Eistrat, Jacob Janke, and Jake McNabb, the Express took charge of this game.  Jordan Dance and Jordan Medeiros scored late for Toronto, but the damage had been done.  Devlin Shanahan was spectacular making 51 saves in the 18-7 Brampton victory.

For the Express, Jacob Janke (3g,4a), Pent Eistrat (3g,2a), Jake McNabb (4g,1a), and Zach Sunderland (3g,0a) led the scoring, with Curtis Ward (0g,4a) as the playmaker. 

Parker Pipher (2g,4a) and Jordan Dance (4g,1a) were the leaders for Toronto, with Ty Jesso (0g,3a) as the playmaker. 

The Three Stars:

1. Devin Shanahan (Brampton)
2. Pent Eistrat (Brampton)
3. Jacob Janke (Brampton)

Three games Saturday at the Children's Arena in Oshawa, Ontario 

The early game:

Paris RiverWolves 11  Peterborough Timbermen 21

An extremely shortened bench from Paris took it's toll as the game wore on.  A fairly evenly played first quarter had the Timbermen up 3-1 heading into the second quarter.  However, an eight goal second quarter led by Cam Milligan and Aaron Woods broke the game open in favor of Peterborough 11-4 at the half.

While the RiverWolves fought valiantly in the second half led by Caiden Merritt and Kurtis Woodland, it was too steep a hill to climb to get back in the game.  Peterborough wins convincingly 21-11 ending the RiverWolves winning streak at six games.

Cam Milligan (3g,7a), Jack McAlpine (3g,6a), Zach Thompson (2g,5a), Angus Rawding (2g,4a), Fred Hartley (2g,3a), and Aaron Woods (3g,2a) led a balanced attack for the Timbermen. 

Tye Argent (2g,5a), Kurtis Woodland (2g,5a), and Caiden Merritt (3g,1a) led the charge for Paris.

The Three Stars:

1. Jack McAlpine (Peterborough)
2. Cam Milligan (Peterborough)
3. Tye Argent (Peterborough)

Evening Game

Six Nations Snipers 13  Oshawa Outlaws 14

The Snipers jumped out to 4-0, 6-1 and 7-2 leads in the first half, controlling the game for the majority of the half.  Shots on goal were 36-23 in favor of the Snipers in the half, with both goalies looking quite sharp.

The second half saw the Outlaws get on track scoring seven of eight goals to take their first lead of the day 2:46 into the fourth quarter.  The Snipers continued to fight, going ahead 13-12 with 10:16 remaining in the game.  Taite Cattoni was able to tie the game 0:28 seconds later setting the stage for an exciting finish.

Oshawa continued to pepper Dusty Hill with shots in the second half (36 second half shots).  Hill was superb keeping the Snipers in a tie game.  With 2:56 remaining, John St. John converted a Nick Andreoli feed to give Oshawa the lead.  Six Nations tried to get the trying goal, but Laine Hruska was exceptional down the stretch to preserve the 14-13 victory. 

Taite Cattoni (3g,5a), Nick Andreoli (2g,3a), Alec Simons (3g,2a), and Josh Gilray (2g,2a) led the way for the Outlaws, with John St. John (2g,6a) as the playmaker. 

Thunder Hill (2g,2a), Mitch Zulian (2g,1a), and Ross Hill (3g,0a) led the offense for Six Nations, with Jaden Patterson (1g,3a) as the playmaker. 

The Three Stars:

1. John St. John (Oshawa)
2. Dusty Hill (Six Nations)
3. Taite Cattoni (Oshawa)

Late Game:

Ohsweken Bears 12  Whitby Steelhawks 24

Ohsweken got out to a good start getting up 2-0 and 3-1 in the first quarter.  However, the explosive Steelhawks got rolling late in the first into the second scoring eight of nine goals to change the complexion of the game.  The Bears showed some fight getting on a four goal run into the third quarter, but a three goal run, followed by another eight goal run by the Steelhawks had Whitby win convincingly 24-12. 

Liam Osbourne (4g,3a), Landen Sinfield (5g,0a), Luke Keenan (2g,3a), and Owen Boyle (2g,3a) led the Steelhawks attack, with Devin Pipher (2g,9a) as the playmaker. 

Chris Attwood (4g,0a), Jon Perry-Smith (3g,1a), John Harrington (2g,2a) and Kyle Pedwell (2g,1a) led Ohsweken, with Eddie Renaud (0g,5a) as the playmaker. 

The Three Stars:

1. Landen Sinfield (Whitby)
2. Chris Attwood (Ohsweken)
3. Liam Osborne (Whitby)

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