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windsorspitfires.com staff reports
On a night when his kid brother had a pair of big goals, Spitfire Jake Carrick had the last laugh.
The rugged winger scored in the eighth round of the shootout, as Windsor escaped with two points in a 6-5 win over the Brampton Battalion.
Zack Kassian had a pair of goals and an assist for the Spitfires, while Zack MacQueen, Jeff Brown and Stephen Johnston had a goal each for the Spitfires (25-15-1-1), who moved within two points of the Kitchener Rangers for third place in the Western Conference.
The Spitfires led 3-1 after 40 minutes. But a pair of bizarre goals in a span of 1:14 took care of that.
Scott Tanski somehow poked one past Jack Campbell in a massive scrum before Domenic Alberga tipped a point shot from Spencer Abraham up and over the goaltender's head to tie the game at 3-3.
Sam Carrick gave the Battalion their first lead at 6:41.
Then three goals in a little more than a minute left the teams deadlocked at 5-5 at the end of regulation.
On the opening shift of overtime, Zack Kassian was awarded a penalty shot. But, with the crowd roaring in anticipation, the big fella looked a little indecisive before missing blocker side on Brampton goalie Matej Machovsky.
Brampton out-shot Windsor 4-3 in the extra session, which didn't produce a winner. And it took a while to decide things in a shootout.
After Taylor Carnevale and Ian Watters each scored in the first round, six consecutive shooters were thwarted on each side.
Carrick finally beat Machovsky with a nifty move in the eighth round - faking a wrister before going back hand and roofing one.
Campbell stopped defenceman Dylan Blujus to give the Spitfires the win - for a strange end to a strange night.
The Spits will travel to Barrie to take on the Colts this upcoming Saturday. Game time is set for 7:30 pm, fans can watch the game live on TVCOGECO or tune to AM800 with Spits Play-by-Play Announcer Mike Miller calling the action.
SCORING
FIRST PERIOD
WSR Kassian, (20) (Posa), 6:08
BRA Wind, (1) (Carrick), 18:17
SECOND PERIOD
WSR Kassian, (21) (Carrick), 3:28 (PP)
WSR Brown, (10) (Robertson, Kassian), 17:31
THIRD PERIOD
BRA Tanski, (12) (Johansson, Blujus), 1:02
BRA Alberga, (6) (Abraham, Moore), 2:33
BRA Carrick, (11) (Thorne, Tanski), 6:41
WSR MacQueen, (12) (Ellis, Ryan), 13:46
BRA Carrick, (12) (Tanski, Thorne), 14:04
WSR Johnston, (13) (Ellis, Ryan), 14:53
SHOOTOUT
BRAMPTON
27 Ian Watters, Goal
23 Barclay Goodrow, No Goal
16 Sam Carrick, No Goal
28 Michael Santini, No Goal
20 Jonathan Johansson, No Goal
11 Scott Tanski, No Goal
5 Spencer Abraham, No Goal
6 Dylan Blujus, No Goal
WINDSOR
77 Taylor Carnevale, Goal
6 Ryan Ellis, No Goal
14 Tom Kuhnhackl, No Goal
89 Alexander Khokhlachev, No Goal
21 Zack MacQueen, No Goal
29 Derek Lanoue, No Goal
19 Zack Kassian, No Goal
71 Jake Carrick, Goal
