PETERBOROUGH, ON - It took seven games and a last minute goal, but the Peterborough Lakers are heading to the Mann Cup. After a hard fought 11-9 win at the Peterborough Memorial Centre in game seven against the Brampton Excelsiors, the Lakers will now play host to the New Westminster Salmonbellies in a best-of-seven series at the Peterborough Memorial Centre beginning Friday night.

Both teams exchanged blows in the first period with the scoring being knotted up at 4 apiece heading into the dressing rooms after twenty minutes.

Brampton took control in the second period as they rattled off three goals to lead 7-6 heading to the third period.

However, much like the rest of the series, the Lakers were not to be counted out. In front of over 3,900 fans the Lakers were able to tie the game early in the period and then take the lead for good with 1:04 remaining in the game on a beautiful shot by Shawn Evans that beat Excelsior's goaltender Anthony Cosmo over the shoulder. Steve Toll put the game out of reach with 13 seconds left in the third when he intercepted a Brampton pass and ran down the floor all alone and slid the ball into the empty-net that put the finishing touches on a remarkable series.

The Lakers will now prepare to take on the Salmonbellies beginning Friday, September 10th at 8:00 PM.

PETERBOROUGH, ON - Please note that we have been informed that we cannot air the audio only portion of the broadcast online due to a pay per view option being made available by a third party.

We apologise for any inconvience this may cause. Information may be available by visiting www.peterboroughlakers.ca, from there I beleive you can connect to the pay per view broadcast for about seven dollars.

Thanks for watching this season!

- Justin

IMPORTANT UPDATE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PETERBOROUGH, ON - Sports in the Borough is happy to inform our viewers and listeners that we have been given permission to air the game as planned from Brampton this evening. We would like to thank executives involved for allowing us to be there as we have in the past. We truly appreciate it. We would like to thank those who were involved in the talks to make sure this game gets to air.

The Peterborough Lakers also announce, by press release earlier this morning, that game 4 tonight in Brampton will be available on webcast at 8 pm. After further discussions with Jim Brady, the MSL commissioner, and the Brampton executive game 4 will be available for the Laker fans. As usual the game is found on the Peterborough Lakers website and then find the link to www.sportsintheboro.com to view the game live.

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For more information contact Justin Beaudoin at 705 927 5115.

PETERBOROUGH, ON - The Peterborough Lakers have thrown the first punch in their Major Series Lacrosse League final as they downed the visiting Brampton Excelsiors 12-8 in front of a raucous crowd at the Peterborough Memorial Centre tonight.

The Lakers drew first blood and put the petal to the metal in the first period as Shawn and Scott Evans each netted a pair for a 4-0 lead.

The blue, white, and red held the lead from the very start as they hung on and killed the remaining two minutes on the power play for the victory.

Game two of the series is tomorrow night at 8:00 PM at the Brampton Powerade Centre. The game can be heard and seen live right here on www.sportsintheboro.com.