Okotoks forces Game 6 with 3-2 win in Brooks
BROOKS, AB – The Okotoks Oilers scored twice in the span of 1:58 in the third period, erasing a 2-1 Brooks Bandits lead and taking their second straight win at the Centennial Regional Arena, with a 3-2 victory cutting Brooks’ series lead in the AJHL South Final to 3-2 and forcing a sixth game on Sunday night in Okotoks.
The game was played in front of a season-high crowd of 1,870 in Brooks.
Gibb Coady opened the scoring for Okotoks at the 18:01 mark of the first when he won a net front battle and flipped a close range shot past Pierce Charleson (Aurora, ON) to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead after a first in which the shots were tied 11-11.
But Brooks took control in the second, outshooting the Oilers 10-6 and scoring twice. First, Simon Gravel (Boucherville, QC) sped in on a breakaway and tucked a one-handed poke check shot past Brady Parker to knot the game at 1-1. Only 1:09 later, with Brooks on a power play, Ryan Mahshie (Stoney Creek, ON) tipped home a point shot by Luke Bast (Red Deer, AB) to give the Bandits their first lead of the night.