Peterborough Lakers Fall to First-Place Clinching Six Nations Chiefs
/The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers can only finish second best in the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) regular season standings after a Six Nations Chiefs clinching 11-7 win at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Tuesday.
Photo by David Tuan Bui.
The Chiefs’ win puts them at 17 points whereas the Lakers have 10 points with three games left (and can get a maximum of 16 points). The Brooklin Lacrosse Club is third with seven points but have a game in hand.
The Lakers struggled to score in the latter half of the game. The Lakers only scored one goal after the game was tied 6-6 with 14 minutes left in the second period.
Goalies Doug Buchan and Doug Jamieson each made 33 saves in goal.
Brendan Bomberry led the Chiefs with three goals and five assists.
Captain Robert Hope was absent due to coaching the Jr. A Lakers in their playoff game versus the second-seeded Toronto Beaches. The Jr. A Lakers fell 12-8 and were eliminated from the playoffs.
The Sr. Lakers play again this Thursday at 8 p.m. as the Chiefs return to the Memorial Centre.
Lakers game leaders:
Austin Hasen (1-2)
Seth VanSchepen (1-1)
Holden Cattoni (1-2)
Thomas Hoggarth (1-1)
Carson Moyer (2-0)
Paul Dawson (1-0)
Taite Cattoni (0-2)
Jacob Garcia (0-1)
Matt Gilray (0-1)
Mitch Ogilvie (0-1)
Alex Pace (0-1)
