Brookfield Stars Hockey Win in OT at State Tourney

UPDATE: The Brookfield East/Central hockey team defeated Eau Claire Memorial 3-2 in overtime in Game 1 Thursday of the quarterfinal round of the WIAA boys hockey state tournament at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.

After initially falling behind 2-0, the Brookfield Stars rallied with a pair of second-period goals by Drew Owen and Patrick O'Brien.

P.J. Corbett scored the game-winner at 2:07 of overtime, sending the Stars into Friday's matchup at 6 p.m. with defending state champion Wausaw West. West defeated Marquette 4-1 on Thursday.

All games of the tournament will be streamed live by Fox Sports Wisconsin's Prepzone. Central and East each have five fan buses filled with students going to the game. For those who want to just drive down and buy a ticket, they are $8 per session. Here are directions from Brookfield.

The Stars defeated Fond du Lac 2-1 in the sectional final to advance to state. Goals for Brookfield belonged to senior Matt Fosdick and junior Mason Kollakowsky. Brookfield NOW reported that the Stars had to kill off a 2-minute penalty with 2:18 remaining in the game, but succeeded and now head to state for the second time.

Brookfield was just 5-7 at the end of December, but has since ripped off 14 wins in 15 games. The Stars have scored prolifically during the win streak, averaging 5.13 goals per game over the 15 games, according to results at WisSports.net. Six players have between 12 and 18 goals, led by P.J. Corbett (18) and Matt Fosdick (17). Brandt Rodgers leads the team in scoring with 13 goals and 22 assists for 35 point.

Fosdick has had to play his way into shape, he was just a few days removed from having the cast taken off a broken leg when he .