Tim Ruhnke – Recorder & Times
It went the distance and then some, and then some more.
Brockville outlasts Pembroke, wins game seven in fourth overtime to take series
In one for the record books, the Brockville Braves edged the Pembroke Lumber Kings 2-1 in the fourth overtime period of game seven of their CCHL quarter-final playoff series. Caleb Kean scored at 6:31 of the seventh period early Saturday morning to give the home team the victory in front of a huge crowd of 1,265 at the Brockville Memorial Centre.
The Braves will advance to the semi-finals, where they will face the Hawkesbury Hawks. The Lumber Kings, who had a 3-1 lead in the series, are done for the season.
Pembroke opened the scoring at 11:37 of the first period Friday night on a power-play goal from Jack Stockfish. Teammate Alex Urbisci was then awarded a penalty shot at 16:52 of the second period, but he was stopped by Brockville goalie Sami Molu.
Less than two minutes later, Ryan Bonfield scored a power-play goal to draw the Braves even.
The next goal was by Kean, more than 87 minutes later.
“It was amazing. I had a ton of chances all game,” he said after players and coaches lined up to shake hands at the end of the series. “I told the boys I was going to get one. It was nice. It’s a good feeling,” Kean added.
Brockville appeared to have more scoring chances during the overtime periods, including two power plays.
Brockville outshot Pembroke in the marathon game 61-58.
Kean, Molu and Pembroke goaltender Reece Proulx were named first, second and third stars respectively.
“We’re pretty ecstatic to get the win,” Braves head coach Randy Jones said, “but it took a few extra periods.”
Two seed Hawkesbury will have home-ice advantage in the semi-final series with three seed Brockville. Top-seeded Ottawa and four seed Renfrew will meet in the other series; game one is in Ottawa Saturday night.
The Brockville-Hawkesbury schedule had not been posted as of Saturday morning.
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