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By Mark Stehlin
The Brooklin Lacrosse Club celebrated minor lacrosse in Durham Region with their annual Scott McMichael Minor Lacrosse Night Wednesday evening and came away with an 8-5 win over the Cobourg Kodiaks. The ceremony before the game included his son Ryan, wife Jacqueline, mother Donna and sister Christine. Fittingly, June 19th would have also marked Scott’s 60th birthday. Through the use of technology, younger son Mitch and his family were able to watch from British Columbia.
Period scores were 2-2 in the first, 5-2 for Brooklin in the second and 1-1 in the third, giving the home side enough in the game for the 8-5 win and all-important two points to keep them atop the Major Series Lacrosse league standings at 6-1.
- photo by Sam Hossack
Head coach, Joel Johnson said “this game showed the expectations that this club has set for itself.”
He expressed some frustration, adding “there were parts of the game that were not good enough and not up to the level that we expect from ourselves.”
He gave credit to his defense and goaltending “Higgy stood on his head and the defence made it difficult for Cobourg to set up the way they wanted on offence.”
He added that with Zach Higgins in net partnered with Riley Hutchcraft “MSL defensive player of the year in 2023” shows how “deep we are deep in that position.”
- photo by Sam Hossack
Scoring for Brooklin – Hossack (0.1) T Cook (1,1) Wagner (2,0) Waters (2,0) Lafontaine (0,1) Simard (0,1) Hickey (1,0) Hogg (1,0) Westley (0,3) Haley (0,2) C Kearnan (0,3) B Kearnan (1,0) . Higgins faced 42 shots from Cobourg and Orleman in the Kodiaks net faced 47 shots from Brooklin sticks, both goalies played well in net to give their respective teams a chance at the W.
Next up for BLC is a trip to Six Nations on Tuesday June 25 at 8 pm. No Wednesday home game next week as they host Peterborough on Wednesday July 3, 2024 at 8 pm. The Merchants meanwhile, have a busy weekend as they host Hamilton on Saturday at 7 pm and host Six Nations on Sunday at 7 pm, both games at Luther Vipond Memorial Arena.