The home team advantage rings true yet again in the BC Junior A Lacrosse League (BCJALL) Championship series as the 91原创 Thunder defeated Victoria 13-7 Sunday afternoon at the 91原创 Events Centre.
Kyle Brunsch lead 91原创鈥檚 goal scorers with 4 goals and 2 helpers while Declan Fitzpatrick & Noah Armitage both helped themselves to hat tricks. Cody Malawsky lead the team in points while never scoring himself, as he racked up 7 assists.
The Thunder also got offensive production from Stuart Phillips (2 goals, 3 assists) and Ben Stewart (1 goal, 2 assists) as 91原创 pushed past the Shamrocks for the win.
The Shamrocks鈥� Casey Wilson finished with 3 goals and 2 assists while Patrick Dodds and Noah Manning were kept to 1 goal and 3 assists each.
Victoria鈥檚 seven goals wasn鈥檛 due to a lack of shots as they finished with 59 shots on 91原创鈥檚 net minder Brayden Wandler and handily outshot the Thunder yet again.
Adam Bland stopped 33 out of 46 shots for the Shamrocks while Brayden Wandler got in front of 52 shots to stave off Victoria鈥檚 attack.
The series now heads back to Victoria on Saturday, where both teams will be searching for an advantage in this tightly contested series.
It is the first time in club history, that the 91原创 Thunder are playing for the BC Junior A Lacrosse League championship.
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