It was John Grant Jr who opened the scoring, Tracy Kelusky recieved a pass from Cory Vitarelli who looked to shoot, dragging the Chiefs goalie to the top of the crease, where Kelusky instead found Grant jr down across the floor on the crease with a wide open goal. A minute later the Six Nations Chiefs would get on the board. It was Stephen LeBlanc scoring one with a second to go on the shot clock. The Lakers looked like they had defended well and with a second remaining on the shot clock, LeBlanc threw a desperate underhand from the top and it found its way into the back of the net, a goal Goodleaf didn't see, as LeBlanc used his man as a screen. Just over two minutes later, the Chiefs would take their first lead of the game. Stephen Keough would let a rocket go from the top right side, beating Goodleaf over his shoulder. The Lakers would answer back, Tracy Kelusky would put one top corner with beauty "old-time" bounce shot that skipped over the shoulder of Mike Poulin. The Six Nations Chiefs would begin to enforce their will on offence, it was Cody Jamieson setting up a one one vs Daryl Gibson and made a nice spin move and beat Goodleaf with a running shot down low. The Chiefs would score again, it was Roger Vyse this time setting the nice pick and roll, and receiving a dish pass from Jamieson, Vyse would bury one inside to extend the lead to 4-2. The Lakers would have their chances early on, John Tavares hit 3 posts in the first period, 1 cross bar and two ringers. The Lakers outshot the Chiefs early, but Poulin would make several big saves to keep Six Nations on top. Finally, Kyle Clancy forced a shot on net and Tracy kelusky collected the rebound on the doorstep and put it over the shoulder of Poulin.
Six Nations got the scoring started in the 2nd period as Cory Bomberry beat his man inside to the crease and Colin Doyle fed him with a back hand pass and Bomberry fired a shot past Goodleaf. Then it was LeBlanc unleashing a cannon shot from no mans land. The laser beam from LeBlanc found the top corner a good 40 feet outside. Down 6-3 Tracy Kelusky would collect a his hat-trick, scoring in transition on a nice pass from Grant Jr. The Chiefs would get one back. It would be Colin Doyle restoring the 3 goal lead with his own outside blast. Then at the 9 minute mark the Chiefs muscle head, Drew Candy would take a dirty head shot at Shawn Evans, drilling him across the face with a cross-check in front of the net. Evans would need help off the floor. The officials assessed a 2 minute minor for high sticking. The officials tonight, let' call them Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum did a good job staying out of the game, in fact they didn't want to make a call, they almost refused to make a calls, ignoring blatant calls right in front of them. The ref's were in over their heads. Anyways, to the dirty hit, this was a momentum killer for the Chiefs. Following the cheap shot the Lakers would go on a 5 goal run. It was Mark Steenhuis, filling in for Shawn Evans on the the Power-Play, Steenhuis let a sidearm blast go from the right shooter. Scott Evans would tally late in the 2nd, driving his man low and putting one past Poulin. At the end of 2, it would read 7-6 for the Chiefs.
In the 3rd, it was all Lakers. The Chiefs looked gassed. They had lost all momentum. Shawn Evans would get in on the scoring, drawing a double team on the right side, he would find Cory Vitarelli cutting thru the middle and tying the game at seven. After trailing for most the game the Lakers would get their 2nd lead of the game. Scott Evans would unleash an underhand shot from the top that Poulin did not see. With under a minute to go in the game and down a goal, The Chiefs would pull their goalie in favour of the extra attacker. It would back fire, as Brad Self picked up a loose ball and went the entire floor and scoring on Colin Dole who raced back into the crease and did his best to play goal.
Following the game several Six Nations players left the bench including Candy, Billy Dee Smith and back up goalie Matt Vinc. A crowd grew in front of the Lakers bench, and some punches were being thrown. The Lakers head coach Jamie Batley put his foot down and marched in between his players and the Chiefs and helped tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum separate the 2 teams.
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