If not for goalie Cody Vinnai perhaps the Norwich Merchants would have lost Friday night but thanks to him and Defenceman Kevin Kuehl who scored the game winner 15:42 of overtime to give Norwich a 2-1 win. Norwich now leads the best of seven series 3 games to 2 and can wrap the series up with a win Saturday night. Woodstock's Taylor Jones scored with just over 4 minutes left in the third to break thier 3 plus game scoreless streak in Norwich. Brian Phillips scored a powerplay goal late in the second giving Norwich a 1-0 lead.
Though the story of the night was the goalies Vinnai for Norwich and Woodstock's Alex Gegeny were terrific. Vinnai kept his team in the game in the second in third when Woodstock had a ton of chances. Gegeny was also terrific giving Woodstock a chance to win in OT making big save after big save. Vinnai ended the night with 28 saves, Gegeny had 49 saves in the loss.
Norwich's depth also proved to be to much for Woodstock to handle as Woodstock coach Wayne Maxner only played 2 lines while Norwich went with 3 lines in the overtime, Norwich slowly wore Woodstock down. It'll be interesting to see what Woodstock has left in the tank after tonight. Game 6 goes Saturday night in Woodstock starting at 7:30pm.
Also Congrats are in order to Norwich Forward Justin Bremner and his girlfriend Michelle Davis who gave birth to a healthy baby boy Thursday night.
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