ONE-GOAL WIN FOR LAKERS OVER ROCK

By: Anna Taylor
Photo Credit: Anna Taylor

OAKVILLE, ON – The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers moved to 7-1 on the 2025 Major Series Lacrosse campaign Monday night with a 7-6 win over the Oakville Rock at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. It avenged the Lakers earlier 9-7 home floor loss to Oakville and evened the season series one game apiece. 

Seven different scorers found the back of the net and beat Oakville goaltender Landon Kells. Nick Rose was again solid in goal and made a whopping 52 saves for the Lakers. 

Peterborough was leading 5-3 in the third period, but Oakville rattled off three goals in a row to take a 6-5 lead. Taite Cattoni found a lane through traffic to tie the game with 3:56 left to play. Newly acquired forward Braedon Saris scored the game winner with 2:15 left on the clock, and added two assists in the second period.

“It was really cool playing with a lot of guys I’ve watched during the winters and kinda learned from and watched how they play,” Saris said. “They made it easy and luckily I was able to get the last one and get the win. I want to get better as a player and learn from all [my teammates] and coaches and hopefully take a run at it and win a championship.”

The third period also featured a spirited bout between Brad McCulley and Phil Mazzuca. 

The Lakers return to the Memorial Centre this Thursday, June 19 to host the Brooklin Lacrosse Club on Sport A Rainbow Night. Tickets for that game are now on sale at the Grant Thornton Box Office, and fans can save $12 per ticket by using the promo code “rainbow.”

Scoring for the Lakers:

Thomas Hoggarth (1-3)

Mike Robinson (1-2)

Braeden Saris (1-2)

Joe Resetarits (1-0)

Taite Cattoni (1-0)

Austin Hasen (1-0)

Brad McCulley (1-0)