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PAGE 14THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, AUGUST 20,2003 www.durhamrcgion.com Redmen fade to black Eliminated in Major Series semifinal after 14-9 setback to Brampton Excelsiors in Game 6 of best-of-seven series BRAMPTON - The lights went out on the Brooklin Redmen twice in ns many nights last week. A clay after the Great Blackout of 2003, the Redmen had their Ontario Lacrosse Association season fade to black with a 14-9 loss to the Brampton Excelsiçrs in Game 6 of their Major Scries semifinal. Originally scheduled for Thursday at the Brampton Centre for Sports and Entertainment, the game was postponed postponed until Friday following the blackout. ; The Excelsiors overcame a 4-3 first-period deficit and carried a 10-7 lead into the final frame before disposing disposing of the Redmen for a third straight season. In hindsight, the best-of-seven series series may have been decided in the first period of the first game. Owning home fioor advantage and a perfect record at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre prior to the game, the Redmen fell way behind behind early en route to a 15-10 defeat. The home team held serve in all re- Troy Covdinglcy: 'This was a hard working group of players. Each one of them wanted to he here.' maining games, including Redmen wins of 13-6 in Game 3 and 12-10 in overtime of Game 5. The Excelsiors won in Brampton by scores of 9-8 in Game 2 and 6-5 in Game 4. "This was a hard working group of players," said Redmen coach Troy Cordingley, who had to deal with a rash of defections from the 2002 team and was proud of the effort. "Each one of them wanted to be here and came to play night in and night out." Gavin Front finished off a remark able playoff by leading the Redmen with two goals and two assists in the Game 6 defeat. Including the round robin. Front had 17 goals and 30 assists assists in eight games. Bill Greer also scored twice Friday while Mike McLellan. Mike Daley, Scott Stapleford, Steve Toll and Brad Reed added single tallies. Chris Driscoll paced the Brampton attack with three goals and four helpers in the clincher. The Redmen pushed the series to a sixth game with an improbable 12-10 overtime win in Whitby last Tuesday. Improbable because tbe Redmen were mere seconds away from being eliminated. eliminated. trailing 3-1 in the series and 9- 8 with time licking down. But a turnover by Brampton allowed allowed Jason Crosbie to score the tying goal with just 21 seconds left in the third period, sending the game into overtime. After falling behind 10-9 in the extra frame on a goal by Brampton's Josh Sanderson, McLellan, Crosbie and Darryl Gibson's empty net marker helped the Redmen rally for the victo- ry. The Excelsiors will now face the Peterborough Lakers in a best-of- seven final, with the hope of heading west to defend their Mann Cup national national title. Peterborough finished off first place St. Catharines in the other semifinal semifinal with a 12-10 "win in Game 7 Monday. CELIA KLEMENZ/ Statesman photo Gavin Prout of the Brooklin Redmen tries to lend off Colin Doyle as the Brampton Excelsior player climbs over Ins back in an attempt attempt to corral a loose ball. The season came to an end for the Red- men, losing Game 6 by a 14-9 score. Facility users accommodating as power outage forces cancellations BY BRAD KELLY Staff Writer ; BOWMANVILLE - Co-operation Co-operation and understanding were exercised exercised by facility users in Clarington as some ice time and programs had to be cancelled or altered during last week's power outage. ; When power went out Thursday evening, both ice pads at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bowmanville suffered some melting, particularly Pad A, where the ice was just installed earlier in the week. ; "We decided to scrape back down to a point where we thought we still had a seal on the floor," says George Acorn, Manager of Facilities for the Municipality of Clarington. Ice time through the weekend and this week has been cancelled, With the first usage scheduled for Friday night when the Bowmanville Eagles host the Cobourg Cougars in a Provincial Junior A Hockey League exhibition game. . On Pad B, ice time was cancelled Thursday and Friday to ensure the ice would be maintained. ; Regular programming resumed over the weekend, with Toro tryouts staying on schedule. Some ice rentals for this week have been cancelled, cancelled, and others rescheduled to comply with the plea from the provincial government to conserve energy. 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