Brooks has countered with a series best performance over Okotoks.
The Brooks Bandits scored four second period goals and six unanswered to overpower the Okotoks Oilers 8-2 in Game 5 of the BCHL Alberta Division semifinal Friday night at the Centennial Regional Arena to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven set.
Oilers centre Jackson Rowland scored just 40 seconds into the contest with Bandits captain Nicholas DeGraves answering just over a minute later.
Brooks took firm control with a dominant middle stanza with Logan Sawyer scoring the first two of his three tallies on the night along with Parker Lalonde and Mirko Buttazzoni markers. Sam Hall scored a powerplay goal for the visitors in the late stages.
The Oilers will need to rally on home ice in Game 6 and hope the series trend of win-loss-win-loss continues.
Game 6 is Sunday, April 28 in Okotoks at 7 p.m. Game day tickets can be found at tickets.okotoksoilers.com.
The winner of the series will advance to face the Sherwood Park Crusaders in the BCHL Alberta Division final. Sherwood Park swept Blackfalds in the second round.
Series schedule
Game 1: April 19, Oilers at Bandits. Brooks wins 4-0.
Game 2: April 20, Oilers at Bandits. Okotoks wins 5-2.
Game 3: April 23, Bandits at Oilers. Brooks wins 5-0.
Game 4: April 24, Bandits at Oilers. Okotoks wins 4-1.
Game 5: April 26, Oilers at Bandits. Brooks wins 8-2.
Game 6: April 28, Bandits at Oilers.
Game 7: April 30, Oilers at Bandits.
*All games are 7 p.m. starts
For more, go to okotoksoilers.com.
