Montreal, QC – The Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 15-7 in a Sunday afternoon exhibition game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec in front of 4,820 fans. As part of the promotion of the exhibition game, organizers selected a member of the Quebec Lacrosse Federation to play in the game. Trevor Wagar, a player with Vermont in the Quebec Senior B Lacrosse League, was chosen to play for the Rock. After Brandon Benn spotted the Rock a 1-0 lead on the powerplay, Wagar bounced a shot by Rochester starter Matt Vinc to bring the crowd at the Bell Centre to their feet. Benn tallied his second of the quarter, following a Rochester goal to give the Rock a 3-1 edge. Toronto’s Rob Marshall took a major penalty for an illegal crosscheck that put the Rock down a man for the remainder of the opening 15 minutes. Cory Vitarelli took advantage on the powerplay with just 0.6 seconds remaining to close the gap to one goal, 3-2. “It was pretty exciting, I didn’t expect it to come that early,” said Wagar of his goal just over 8 minutes into the game. “I think after halfway through the warmup, I was feeling it. I have played this game for 27 years and I hope I showed something. I feel I can play at this level. It just felt like lacrosse out there, good and fast.” With the Knighthawks still on the powerplay to begin the second quarter, Craig Point tallied to tie the game 3-3. The Rock went on a four-goal run, all at even strength to surge ahead 7-3. Rochester was able to come up for air with Vitarelli’s second of the game, but it wasn’t for long as Wagar notched his second of the game followed by goals from Scott Johnston and Brett Hickey to lead 10-4. Gavin Prout scored a late shorthanded marker, making the score 10-5 at the half in favour of the Rock. The first half wasn’t without its share of venom. Rock rookie Jordan Robertson was the recipient of a crosscheck above the shoulders from Knighthawk Jean-Guy Thouin, who was ejected from the game after receiving a major penalty and a game misconduct. Thouin was the local player selected to play for Rochester. Robertson left the game and did not return. “We don’t want to get involved in coming to teammates aid in the offensive end and I don’t think you can make a distinction,” Rock head coach John Lovell said of Rob Hellyer who was the first on the scene after the high hit. “We are going to be a team in every sense of it. I liked what I saw from our team in those situations.” Brandon Miller continued his strong play in the third quarter, slamming the door for 15 minutes on the Knighthawks offence. Toronto got goals from Kasey Beirnes, Benn (his 3rd) and Brodie Merrill to lead 13-5 after three quarters. The Rock scored twice, sandwiched between a pair of Rochester goals to lead 15-7 just past the midway point of the fourth quarter. A Paul Dawson major penalty late in the game put the Rock on the powerplay for nearly the final five minutes of the contest, however Toronto was unable to score. “I thought we were a pretty good package here today,” said Lovell. “We don’t get any points for this, but it was a good team building game.” Rock goal scorers: Benn 3, Wagar 2, Beirnes 2, Ross 2, Sanderson, Merrill, Robertson, Brett Hickey, Rob Hellyer, Scott Johnston. Miller went the distance the Rock, making 32 saves on 39 shots. Rochester’s Matt Vinc allowed 10 Rock goals on 24 shots in his 30 minutes of work. Angus Goodleaf played the second half, surrendering 5 goals on 20 shots. “We made some changes to how we want to play defence, it was more of a face up approach and a supportive group,” said Lovell. The Rock still have one more exhibition game on the schedule. 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Parise scored early and late on tipped shots, and the Wild tacked on two empty-net goals for a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night that sent the first-round playoff series to a decisive Game 7. "Its one of those nights where you just want to keep touching it and keep having the puck," said Parise, who added two assists for a career-playoff-high four points. The teams will meet in Denver on Wednesday night, with the winner taking on the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference semifinals. "We dont have any time to hang our heads here and feel sorry for ourselves," Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog said. "Were just going to get right back on the horse here and get ready for Game 7." Ah, Game 7. An already-tight series will produce one final dramatic performance. "We didnt sign here to win a first-round game. We look at the big picture," said Parise, who joined close friend Ryan Suter in signing 13-year, $98 million contracts with the Wild two seasons ago. The Wild were in trouble at the second intermission after what Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said might have been his teams best period of the whole series. Parise scored just 49 seconds into the game on a power play and Mikael Granlund made it 2-0 later in the first period, but a costly turnover by Suter at the end of a failed 5-on-3 situation led to a short-handed goal for the Avalanche when Paul Stastny scored for the fourth time in the series. Nick Holden got the tying goal in the second period to stop the power-play skid for the Avalanche, who had been denied by a resurgent Wild penalty-kill unit in 19 of 20 previous opportunities in the series. The Wild stumbled through to the second intermission, lacking the edge they had here throughout Games 3 and 4 and in the first period of this Game 6, and the atmosphere in the building became anxious, with one more goal by the Avalanche holding tthe power to end the home teams season.dddddddddddd So Wild coach Mike Yeo gave his team a spark by reuniting Parise on the first line with centre Mikko Koivu, who had two assists. "I think we started to get a little bit of fear in our game. Not necessarily afraid of them, just afraid maybe of what we were losing," Yeo said, adding: "Both of those guys were leading the charge up front and for me, their determination, their kind of get-after-it attitude, I wanted those guys going out together." Parked in the crease with the season on the line, Parise took a shove in the back from goalie Semyon Varlamov and then outmuscled defenceman Erik Johnson for position on Koivus shot from behind the circle that he knocked in with his stick with 6:29 left in the game. Roy pulled Varlamov with 2:44 remaining, and this time the daring move backfired after it led to tying goals for the Avalanche in Games 1 and 5. Jason Pominville and Marco Scandella found the back of the net for the Wild, and the celebration was on. Matt Duchene returned to the Avalanche lineup and notched an assist in extensive time on the power play, after missing the last month due to a left knee injury. The Avalanche leader with 70 points during the regular season, Duchene wasnt cleared for action until minutes before faceoff. "He was flying out there. He was playing well. He was playing hard," Roy said. He wasnt the only one. Ryan OReilly had two assists, and the Avalanche refused to express any frustration afterward, even though theyll be in an elimination situation for the first time in the series. "If thats what its going to need to be, then thats what its going to need to be," Avalanche right wing P.A. Parenteau said. "Its been a battle back and forth with the Wild. Were lucky we have the home ice advantage, but were going to have to be ready." NOTES: The Wild went 18-4-2 when Parise scored a goal in the regular season. ... Duchene said he felt all right: "Youve got to learn to trust an injury like that coming back, and as the game wore on I felt a lot more confident with it. Theres still a long ways to go." ' ' '