On a night the 91原创 Thunder were supporting the Make A Wish Foundation, the home crowd got their wish granted too: a victory for the home team.
James Rahe scored with 65 seconds remaining to snap a 5-5 tie as the 91原创 Thunder stunned the Victoria Shamrocks 6-5 in senior A Western Lacrosse Association action at the 91原创 Events.
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The win improved 91原创 to 2-9-0 while Victoria fell to 7-4-1.
The Thunder were down 2-0 after one period and after tying the score at two with goals 10 seconds apart from Cole Shafer and Brandon Clelland, 91原创 gave up a pair of late goals to trail 4-2 after 40 minutes.
Shafer and the Shamrocks鈥� Cole Pickup traded goals early in the third period and the score remained 5-3 Victoria for much of the period. But Rahe and Clelland struck 25 seconds apart with less than four minutes to go and Rahe then struck for the winner late in regulation.
Clelland and Shafer each had three point games while Rahe, Bryce Brochu and JP Kealey both had a pair of assists.
David Diruscio stopped 30 shots for the victory.
The teams complete the home-and-home series on July 7 in Victoria.
