Peterborough Lakers Shawn Evans Breaks Mann Cup Points Record In a 10-5 Game Five Win
/Peterborough Century 21 Lakers’s Shawn Evans made history by breaking the all-time Mann Cup points record with 207 as his team defeated Langley Thunder 10-5, making the home team one win away from a fourth consecutive Mann Cup.
Lakers’ Shawn Evans (pictured) scored four assists on his record-breaking night. His older brother Scott is in seventh in Mann Cup points with 121 while his father Paul is 40th with 69 points. Photo courtesy of Jeramie Bailey and the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers.
Evans broke the record with his 204th point after getting an assist from Joe Resetarits’ first-period goal. Evans’s four assists totalled 160 along with his 47 goals in 46 games.
The honour was previously held by former Laker John Tavares with 203 points in 2012 (92 goals and 111 assists in 46 games).
The Lakers have rung off three straight wins on consecutive days after losing the first two games of the series.
Holden Cattoni led the charge, scoring half of the Lakers’ goals with five.
Lakers goaltender Matt Vinc and the defence stonewalled Langley, limiting them to five goals on 40 shots.
Dane Dobbie led Langley with a hat trick. Curtis Dickson was held to one goal while Frankie Scigliano made 43 saves on 52 Laker shots.
Game six is Friday night at the Memorial Centre.
Lakers game leaders:
Holden Cattoni (5-1)
Joe Resetarits (2-2)
Mark Matthews (1-2)
Chad Tutton (1-1)
Mitch Ogilvie (1-1)
Shawn Evans (0-4)
Thomas Hoggarth (0-2)
Austin Hasen (0-1)
Robert Hope (0-1)
Kiel Matisz (0-1)
Taite Cattoni (0-1)
Matt Vinc: 35 saves
