The Lakers were off to a rough start as the Cattoni scored the team’s lone goal of the period. Brooklin scored four straight in the period to take a 4-1 lead after the first.
Brooklin continued their run with a Tanner Cook goal to make it 5-1 and seemingly have all the momentum. Peterborough shrugged off their sluggish start with a pair of goals from Matt Gilray and Colton Armstrong to make it a 5-3 game. Kyle Waters gave Brooklin breathing space with a goal to make it 6-3 but Peterborough went into overdrive shortly after.
Just as Cattoni started the scoring for Peterorough, he kept them going with a pair of goals to start a five-goal run. Thomas Hoggarth, Eli McLaughlin and Taite Cattoni got into the mix with goals to get an 8-6 lead. Brooklin broke the streak with a pair of goals to tie it up but McLaughlin got a powerplay goal to round out the period and give Peterborough a 9-8 lead, scoring eight in the second period.
The final frame saw a low-scoring affair from both teams as they traded goals until the end of the period. Brooklin opened and ended the scoring, tallying three scores while Peterborough had two and sent the game into overtime with 11-11 apiece.
As Holden Cattoni started it, he also finished it as Josh Currier and Holden’s brother Taite got in on the assistant helped him get the game winner in overtime 2:30 in to send Brooklin packing in a 4-0 sweep with a walk-off series win.
Riley Hutchcraft made 42 saves to pick up the win for Peterborough. The series victory gives Peterborough their eighth-straight MSL final appearance including their 18th in 19 seasons. The winner of the MSL Final will travel west to meet the WLA champion for the Mann Cup championship.
