Schedule Released For MSL Final Between Peterborough Lakers and Six Nations Chiefs

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The schedule for the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) final between the Peterborough Lakers and Six Nations Chiefs begins this Tuesday with game one at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville with an opening faceoff at 8 p.m.

Simliarities from this year and last year is that both these teams met in the MSL finals last year with the Six Nations Chiefs beating the Lakers three games to one in the regular season and ended up the same seed entering the playoffs. Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Lakers

The Lakers will need to win on the road to capture another MSL title as they are the second seed to the regular-season champion Six Nations.

Game one begins in Six Nations and will alternate the home field for each game of this best-of-seven series.

The following is the MSL final schedule:

  • Game one: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena

  • Game two: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 17, 8 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre

  • Game three: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 21, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena

  • Game four: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 23, 8 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre

  • Game five: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 25, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena*

  • Game six: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 27, 7 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre*

  • Game seven: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 29, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena*

*if necessary

The Chiefs are led by former Major Lacrosse League and the National Lacrosse League number-one pick Lyle Thompson who won the regular-season MVP this year. The youngest Thompson brother netted 35 goals and 48 assists for 83 points.

Between the pipes for Six Nations is the reigning President’s Cup MVP (from 2019) and Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League’s Warren Hill. His stats boast the best goals against average in the league with 6.69 in 11 starts. His backup Doug Jamison has the second-best percentage with 6.82 in eight starts.

Peterborough has firepower of their own in Holden Cattoni who the MSL Scoring Leader this season with 28 goals and 50 assists for 78 points.

Landon Kells and Drew Hutchinson have almost evenly split the goaltending duties for Peterborough, starting 11 and nine games respectively. Both goalies averaged under nine goals against average a game with 7.77 and 8.80 respectively.

Last year, the Lakers beat the Chiefs in six games to win the MSL Championship and be eligible for the Mann Cup (which they won their fourth straight).

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