PETERBOROUGH, ON - The Peterborough Lakers are on to the Major Series Lacrosse Final after a 14-3 romp of the Brooklin Redmen in the seventh and deciding game of the MSL semi-final. The Lakers will now play against the Brampton Excelsiors beginning later this week in Peterborough.
It was all Lakers from the beginning as they entered the playing surface to a loud standing ovation from over 2,900 proud Lakers' supporters. John Grant led the way offensively with five goals and two assists and was named co-player of the game along with Mike Thompson who allowed just three goals, including a shutout in the second period, and Josh Wasson-McQuigge who had five points and was very strong on the face-offs.
The Lakers' needed a seventh and deciding game after having the first two games taken away from them due to playing an inactive player. The Lakers then went on to win the third and fourth games only to be on the brink of elimination after losing game five at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. The blue, white, and red then outscored the Redmen 28-8 in the final two games to cement their position on the league final.
This meeting the Brampton Excelsiors in the final will be the seventh straight year the two teams have met with both teams winning three times.
The Lakers' executive have also asked that for the remaining games in the playoffs, all Lakers' fans wear blue to the games and greet their team with a loud standing ovation prior to each period to show your support.
Lakers Force Game Seven
Written by Justin Beaudoin
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:13
The Peterborough Lakers beat the Brooklin Redmen to force a deciding game seven on Wednesday night back here in Peterborough at the Memorial Center at 8:00
A refocused Peterborough Lakers team had eight different goal scorers and held the Redmen to only five goals.Mike Thompson played solid in goal before bowing out to let Angus Goodleaf finished the game.
The final was 14 to 5, with the Lakers taking the lead.
Lakers scoring:
John Tavares (2)
Tracey Kelusky (3)
John Grant (2)
Ryan Sharp
Steve Toll
Scott Evans (2)
Mark Steenhuis (2)
Shawn Evans
Brooklin Redmen scoring:
Kyle O’Brien (2)
Derek Suddons
Derek Hopcroft
Kevin Bronwell
Game seven Wednesday night at 7pm on TVCOGECO and online audio right here on Sportsintheboro.com
Redmen lead series 2-1 and that's not a typo
Written by Justin Beaudoin
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 00:02
The Brooklin Redmen have been awarded games 1 and 2 of their MSL semi-final series with the Peterborough Lakers by OLA and MSL ruling.
The Brooklin Redmen have been awarded games 1 and 2 of their MSL semi-final series with the Peterborough Lakers by OLA and MSL ruling. The Laker wins in the first two games in the series have been ruled forfeited and the Brooklin Redmen have been awarded wins in those games. This takes place because player Kyle Laverty was utilized in both games, but was supposed to be under suspension for a having received his second game misconduct in the final game of the regular season on July 22nd.. Usually the OLA notifies the teams of player suspensions, that has been standard procedure in the past. However in this situation the OLA did not inform the Peterborough Lakers of Kyle Laverty’s suspension until the Monday afternoon August 9th. Gm , Jamie Batley did not dress Laverty in Monday night’s game as he aware that Laverty was suspended.
Lakers take a two game lead over the Redmen
Written by Justin Beaudoin
Friday, 06 August 2010 21:54
Lakers take a two game lead over the Redmen in their MSL semi-final series
Peterborough Lakers beat the Brooklin Redmen 15-12 in game two.
The Redmen scored the first goal of the game, but the Lakers quickly took control. The Peterborough Lakers spread the ball and the scoring with six different scorers producing a seven to one lead by the end of the first. The Lakers held a 12 to 4 lead mid way through the second period before the tempo of the game changed. In the third frame John Grant Junior had the only two goals for the Lakers as the Redmen crawled back to within two before the end of the third. Angus Goodleaf put up the final stop to the Redmen rebound.
"There was a good crowd to watch the game in Iroquois Park; as always the Laker fans were a noisy part of it. We expect a good audience as the Lakers try to extend their lead back home at the Memorial Center on Monday.", Karl McFadden noted.
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