Allsports and the Minto Cup Final

Well if you were not at the first game of the Minto Cup final last night you missed a great battle. Allsports here, for his Minto Cup sports news for sports on the web.

The first game of the Minto Cup final being played at the Powerade Center in Brampton is in the books. It was a seesaw battle with some drama at the end. Brampton came out wearing special jerseys to commemorate the 2009 Minto Cup.

Brampton came out strong to start the game and had Orangeville back on their heels in building a 3-0 lead. The Northmen got a couple back in the latter half of the first period and the clubs went to the dressing rooms with Brampton holding a 4-2 lead.

The second period started with Orangeville coming out swinging. Matt McLeod took the game over for the Northmen, scoring three second period goals to push his team into the lead after two. He finished the game with four markers and was Ornageville’s player of the game.

Matt McLeod

Brampton collected themselves during the second intermission and started the third determined to make a game of it. They outscored the Northmen but the hole they dug themselves in the second proved to be too deep and they ended up falling by a final score of 10-9. Orangeville’s winning goal had a bit of aroma to it but that’s the way the ball bounces.

Then the bit of last minute drama started. Brampton was trailing 10-9 with 33 seconds left in the game and Orangeville had the ball with a fresh 30 second clock. Brian Beisel, Brampton’s head coach was desperate to get the ball back. He asked for a measurement on Nick Rose’s leg pads. It worked, the pads were illegal and Rose was assessed a penalty, ejected from the game and given a game misconduct.

Nick Rose

Steve Fryer

Dillon Ward had to come in for the final seconds of the game and ended up stopping Andrew Potter”s shot with about 10 seconds left. Rose’s ejection does have repercussions for game two however. He can’t play in game two tonight so Ward will have to carry the mail for the Northmen. Allsports wondered how the poor kid slept last night knowing the task ahead of him. He has not seen the floor for much of the whole playoffs and could be thrown to the wolves so to speak in what could arguably be the biggest game of his career.

Matt Sawyer chirped off after the game about Beisel making a cheap call. Well sorry Mr. Sawyer if the roles had been reversed you would be the first to do exactly what Beisel did. Your job is to try and win the game. It is not like Rose has not been called before for using illegal equipment. So suck it up, you got caught cheating and now you may have to pay the price. Quite your crying and play the game. Look in the mirror before you bring someone elses character into question.

Pictures are courtesy of Pellerins Photography.

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