BRANTFORD, ONTARIO – The Brantford Titans finished their weekend on Saturday as they welcomed the Caledon Bombers to the Gretzky Centre. This was the third and final visit to Brantford for Caledon who was looking to play spoiler against a Titans team who is eager to lock up a playoff spot as soon as possible. James Gall got the call between the pipes for the Titans while the Bombers countered with Connor Sampson.
The ice must have been tilted in the first period because the Titans were dominant from start to finish. Within the first two minutes of the game, the Titans would find the crossbar once and get stoned by Sampson on a breakaway. The pressure would continue though throughout the period, finally resulting in the games first goal at 12:08. The Titans would actually be short handed for this tally as Kaleb Frank got rewarded for going to the goal as the puck would take a fortunate bounce off his skate and the puck would just have enough steam to get across the goal line to make it 1-0. David Buchman would record the primary assist as it was his shot that ricocheted off of Sampson’s pad. Joey Kapel picked up the second helper. The Titans would then have a goal waived off as Cristian Glowacki was called for goaltender inference at the 14:41 mark of the period. Gavin Christie would add to the lead less than a minute later however. He received a tape to tape pass from Ty McHutchion and Christie would make no mistake at the left side of the net to make it 2-0. David Buchman picked up his second assist of the game on Christie’s fifth goal of the season. The Titans would carry their 2-0 lead into the intermission and would outshoot the Bombers 23-3 in the first period.
The offensive onslaught continued into the second period. The Titans would score ten goals in the second period. The goal scoring got started at the 2:18 mark and things spiralled out of control from there. Lui Indzers would record a hat trick in the middle period alone, collecting his 7th, 8th and 9th goals of the season. Kaleb Frank and Gavin Christie would both score their second goals of the game with Connor Clark, Quinton Kim-Lemay, Kaden Wicklander, Ryan Chamberlain and Crisitian Glowacki would add goals of their own. Connor Sampson would get pulled after allowing ten goals and would be replaced by Nolan Nicoll who would allow two goals after entering the game. The Titans outshot the Bombers 20-6 in the second period and outshot the bombers 43-9 through two frames.
The scoring would continue into the third period as the Titans would add three more. Tyson Papple, Isaac Bandoo and Lui Indzers all found the back of the net in the final frame to cap off a record setting, 15-0 victory for the Brantford Titans. Lui Indzers finished the game with four goals and two assists, David Buchman recorded five assists and Gavin Christie potted two goals and added two assists. The Titans outshot the Bombers 57-15. James Gall recorded his third shutout of the season for the victory, also grabbing his 13th win of the season.
The Titans magic number to clinch a playoff spot is now down to three games.
The Titans are back in action on Monday in Cambridge against the Redhawks.
