Heading into their Ontario Hockey League action against the Plymouth Whalers on Sunday afternoon, the Brampton Battalion knew they didn't want Brampton native Tyler Seguin beating them.

The troops shut down Seguin, a Brampton resident and the Ontario Hockey League's leading goal scorer, but it was another native son who almost proved to be the difference.

Rookie goaltender Scott Wedgewood, making just the third start of his OHL career turned aside 32 shots, but it was not enough as the Battalion scored twice in the final 10 minutes to snap a four game losing skid and claim a 3-2 win.

Wedgewood, who was named the third star for his efforts, turned in a solid opening frame against his hometown Battalion, keeping the Whalers in the hunt at 1-1, despite being out-shot 13-6 in the period.

Scott Tanksi netted the Brampton marker with Sean Jones drawing the assist.

The Battalion kept coming in the second, firing 12 more shots in Wedgewood's direction but he was perfect in the frame.

At the other end, Plymouth's Myles McCauley beat Brampton netminder Patrick Killeen high on the glove side with one of six Plymouth shots in the period to give the Whalers a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes- despite being out-shot 25-12 in that time frame.

The troops, who were 0-for-5 with the man advantage on the afternoon, were not to be denied this day.

Sam Carrick stole a puck at the side of the Plymouth net and deposited it behind Wedgewood for an unassisted marker with 10:06 remaining and rookie Barclay Goodrow connected for his second of the season with 5:52 left in the game to give the troops their only lead of the afternoon.

Matt MacLeod and Craig Moore assisted on the game-winning goal.

Brampton finished with a 35-20 edge in the shots department.

"When you work hard you get the breaks," admitted Battalion head coach Stan Butler, who was back behind the bench after serving a two game suspension. "We did that today and we got rewarded."

But it didn't look like that would happen in the first 50 minutes.

"He was very good," conceded Butler of the performance of Wedgewood. "It was an important weekend for us and we needed a win."

But that hard worked eventually did pay off.

"The effort was there," admitted the Brampton bench boss, who spent the last couple of games evaluating his talent.

For Wedgewood, getting the nod to start before a hometown crowd was something special.

"I was a little extra nervous," admitted the Whalers' seventh round draft pick in the 2008 OHL Priority Selection draft. "It was a special occasion."

And the rookie puckstopper almost made it a memorable one.

"It's a little disappointing," admitted the goaltender. "They had an advantage in shots but I thought we were holding our own defensively."

Seguin, Plymouth's captain, thought his fellow Bramptonian was solid between the pipes.

"He was really focused," said Seguin, who was held off the scoresheet. "He almost stole us one."

Seguin, the OHL's second leading point-getter, had a couple of chances to score early but felt playing three games in three days may have taken a bit of a toll on his team in the final frame.

"I think maybe we underestimated them a bit," admitted Seguin, who would liked to have seen a better result as a large turn out of family and friends were on hand for his team's lone visit to Brampton this season.

The troops hit the road on Friday and Saturday, visiting Kingston and Belleville respectively.
They return the Powerade Centre to host Nazem Kadri and the London Knights next Sunday at 2 p.m.