Lakers Win Game 1 Over Brooklin

By Anna Taylor
Photo Credit: David Pickering

PETERBOROUGH, ON – Game 1 goes to the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers. The Lakers picked up a big 12-4 win over the Brooklin Lacrosse Club on Thursday night at the Memorial Centre as they kicked off their MSL semifinal series.

 

Nick Rose made 42 saves as the Lakers’ defence completely locked down their end for the first 35 minutes, while the offence made the difference in a seven-goal second period explosion. 

 

“You know, it makes it a lot easier when you hold a team to zero goals for almost two full periods,” said forward Mike Robinson. “We’re clicking right now and I think, you know, the goal is always to peak at the end of the year, we don’t want to peak in the middle. We're just going to keep doing those little things and keep moving forward and keep getting better each game.”

 

Peterborough led 3-0 after the first period. At the 6:04 mark of the second, a power play goal from Braedon Saris kicked off a three-goal run in 55 seconds for a 6-0 lead. Brooklin was forced to take a timeout at 5-0, but the Lakers scored on their next shot. Just over three minutes later, the Lakers went on another three-goal tear in a span of 1:14. The Lakers chased Brooklin starting goaltender Zach Higgins after eight goals. Steve Orleman let in the first shot he faced before settling in.

 

Brooklin got on the board by scoring on both ends of a five-on-three. Brad McCulley’s second goal of the period, shorthanded, closed out the second and gave the Lakers a 10-2 lead.

 

Brooklin added two goals in the final frame but so did both Cattoni brothers, each their second goals of the game. Also in the period, Eric Shewell got into a scrap with Chris Boushy with Shewell getting the better of his opponent with some solid uppercuts. Both will miss Game 2 for an automatic one-game suspension for fighting.

 

“We obviously got out to real good start and I was seeing the ball early and they were keeping the ball to the outside where we like it,” said Rose. “We built a pretty big lead and that kind of game was a little out of hand for a game one but we know that they're going to be a lot better at home on Saturday.”

 

Game 1 scratches included Adam Thistlethwaite, Broedie Birkhof, Jordan Stouros, Justin Sykes and Dustyn Birkhof.

 

Game 2 is Saturday night at Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby at 8 p.m. Game 3 is back at the Memorial Centre on Monday at 7 p.m. Tickets are now on sale at the box office and fans can use the code “TED” when purchasing tickets to redirect $3 of the purchase price to Parkinson Canada. 

 

 

Joe Resetarits (2-5)

Holden Cattoni (2-3)

Brad McCulley (2-2)

Taite Cattoni (2-1)

Mike Robinson (1-2)

Thomas Hoggarth (1-2)

Braedon Saris (1-2)

Carter Page (1-1)

Colton Armstrong (0-1)
Matt Gilray (0-1)