Petrolia Squires vs Monkton
February 26, 2010

Friday night in Petrolia the Petrolia Squires took a 3 - 2 series lead with a 3 - 2 win over Monkton in Western Ontario Senior Hockey Playoff.

Things were looking grim as the Squires were trailing 2 - 0 heading into the  period.  Monkton scored both their goals in the first period the first on a powerplay by Tim Vosper and the second by Blake Underwood.

In the third Brad Cooper started the road to victory with assistance by Mitch Zavitz.  Time of the first goal was at 6:41.  Excitement exploded when less than two minutes later Carson Simpson scored from Criag Laframboise to tie the game.  Simpson later scored his second of the night and game winner at 16:14 assisted by Dan Veenema and Craig Laframboise.

Justin Day earned the win for the Squries making a total of 29 saves.  Andrew Daub took the loss with 26.

The Squries now return to Monkton Saturday night (Feb 27) and are looking to take the series with a win.  If they lose the two sides will return to Petrolia for game 7 on Tuesday March 2 with a puck drop at 8:30 pm.