Petrolia Squires vs Elora Rock
 

Championship Series
Western Ontario Senior AA Hockey League
April 2 - 3, 2010

After the Easter weekend the series remain tied as each team won at home on the weekend.  On Friday the Squires traveled to Elora and took a 5 - 3 loss.
 

The Rock took a 2 - 0 lead in the first period.  Mike Brito scored both goals for Elora.  In the second the Squires answered back and tied things up by scoring two goals the first by James Edgar and the second on a powerplay by Carson Simpson. The Rock regained their lead with Jeremy Machin scoring his first of three goals of the night.  With just over five minutes remaining in the period the Squires came back and tied things up with Scott Hull scoring but before the second was finished Jeremy went on and scored two more goals giving him a hat trick.  Period ended with the Rock leading 5 - 3 and the score would remain the same after the third.
 

On Saturday the two teams were back in action in Petrolia.  Both sides went scoreless in the first period as action went end to end.  In the second period  Dan Venema put the Squires on the score board after scoring an unassisted powerplay goal.  The score would remain 1 - 0 at the end of the second.
 

In the third the Squires scored 4 unanswered goals the first at 1:37 into the period by Pat Nahmabin from Casron Simpson and Jeremiah Goodacre. 
 

Simpson scored the second goal four minutes later assisted by Nahmabin.  Craig Laframboise scored the second powerplay goal of the night assisted Dan Venema and Jeremiah Goodacre and the final goal was scored in the last five minutes of the game by Dan Venema assisted by Craig Laframvoise and Mike Perry.
 

Outstanding in net and earning the shutout win for the Squires was Justin Day making a total of 35 saves.  In the Elora's end the goaltending was shared by Blair Sinclair who made 26 saves and Joe Aminger who replaced Sinclair in the third made 5 saves.
 

Game five is in Elora on Friday April 9th at 8:30 pm and then return to Petrolia for game six the following night Sat April 10,  for an 8:00 pm puck drop.