Page And Rose Shine In Win Over Chiefs

By Anna Taylor

 

PETERBOROUGH, ON – The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers came through a tough week absolutely sparking after a pair of wins over the Brooklin Lacrosse Club and Six Nations Chiefs. After beating Brooklin 9-8 Wednesday night in Whitby, the Lakers returned home Thursday and took down the first place Chiefs 10-7.

 

“We had a really good week defensively against the top teams in the league,” goaltender Nick Rose said. “They were holding shots to down the lanes and not very high-quality shots early on which helped me settle in. For us to pull it out against that team is great at home.”

 

Rose started both games and made a combined 81 saves. Halfway through Thursday’s game, he had held the most high-powered offence in the league to a single goal. When all was said and done, he had held Shayne Jackson pointless, Dhane Smith to four assists, Josh Byrne to one goal and one assist – all superstars who were stymied by the Peterborough netminder.

 

Peterborough’s highlight of the game was Carter Page’s second period goal. Page rushed off the bench, accepted a long, high-arced pass from Mitch Ogilvie in the defensive end and scored a shorthanded goal on a crease dive. Page finished the game with a hat trick and three assists for his best game of the season.

 

Thomas Hoggarth contributed two goals and one assist, and Justin Sykes scored twice in his home debut in front of 3,359 fans. 

 

“I’ve seen Skyesy play a lot of lacrosse in his career,” said Rose. “He’s been the best player in Junior A for the last few years. He’s had some injury trouble but I’m not shocked that he’s doing what he’s doing here. It is kind of a testament to the organization. Lots of guys come in here and have success and that’s just from feeding off each other as teammates and it’s no surprise Sykes is doing that.”

 

The Chiefs did push back both in the second and third periods to get back to 7-4 and 9-7, respectively, but the Lakers weathered the storm.

 

“We understand that they love to play almost in chaos, and we were able to settle it down and refocus,” said defensive coach Bobby Keast. “We were playing defence by committee. The guys are committed to it. That’s an unbelievable team over there and they are going to generate opportunities and when they did, we had Rosey able to make that next stop.”

 

The Chiefs hadn’t lost a game since the last time they faced the Lakers, on May 22. They lead the MSL with 24 points with the Lakers closing in with 20 points.

 

The Lakers are off until next Thursday, July 17 when they host the Oakville Rock for an East Coast Kitchen Party. Tickets are on sale now at the Grant Thornton Box Office. 

 

Carter Page (3-3)

Thomas Hoggarth (2-1)

Justin Sykes (2-0)

Mike Robinson (1-3)

Braedon Saris (1-1)

Matt Gilray (1-0)

Brad McCulley (0-3)

Taite Cattoni (0-2)

Jake Withers (0-1)

Mitch Ogilvie (0-1)