The Century 21 Lakers took a three games to one series lead over the Oakville Rock on Tuesday night at the Memorial Centre with a 9-7 win. The Lakers were led in the first period by a natural hat trick from Cory Vitarelli, and a spectacular solo effort recovery goal by Nick Weiss, ending the period at 4-1. Oakville outscored the Lakers 3-2 in the second period. Despite a herculean…
The Coquitlam Adanacs are adding a second leg of travel on their quest for a Minto Cup championship after sweeping Alberta’s Okotoks Raiders in three games to win the Western Canadian Finals on Saturday night. After two close games in which both teams felt each other out and with just three goals separating them through game two, Coquitlam put on a dominant display of defence and goaltending en route to a…
1st Star – Corey Small, Victoria Shamrocks With a chance to close out their first round series where it seems like there’s more fists flying than lacrosse balls, Corey Small has produced enough to lead Victoria to an unsurprising 3-0 series advantage over Maple Ridge. Small didn’t figure too heavily into Victoria’s blistering 8-0 start at home in game 3, but was the game’s first star a few nights prior…
The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers—and Buffalo Bandits—received good news this past week. Mark Steenhuis, who was injured early in the MSL season and thought to be lost for 6-8 months, is close to returning to action. What was thought to be an ACL tear turned out to be a grade two MCL tear and probable ACL strain, which has a much shorter healing time. He won’t return for the Lakers…
It was a fantastic ending to a great WLA season, spearheaded by a three-team race for the final two playoff spots between Langley, Maple Ridge, and Burnaby. The teams all finished with a 9-9 record, but the Lakers were left behind as a result of the WLA’s very confusing goal formula. Losing by a goal to New Westminster ultimately sealed Burnaby’s fate, and they can always wonder what could have…
The Six Nations Rebels are still alive in their chase of a fifth straight Founders Cup Championship. After Six Nations swept their opponents in the first two rounds, Orangeville became the Rebels contender for the Ontario semifinals. After games One and Two Six Nations took the 2-0 series lead and it looked like it would be another series sweep. But Orangeville got the 8-3 road win in game Three and…
1. Turner Evans – Peterborough Lakers While Turner Evans may have had a slow start to kick off his rookie MSL season, as the season progressed Evans quickly became the Lakers third option on the left side behind Cory Vitarelli and Adam Jones. Evans began to see significant power play time as the season moved along, contributing at a veteran-like pace on many evenings. While Evans finished tied for second…
It took until the very last night of the MSL regular season for the 2015 MSL playoff match ups to be determined, but we’re finally set as the Six Nations Chiefs, Peterborough Lakers, Oakville Rock and Brampton Excelsiors have all secured playoff berth’s. A late season surge by the Brooklin Redmen forced the Oakville Rock into a must win game against the Brampton Excelsiors, on the last day of the…
The Peterborough Lakers open the 2015 MSL playoffs this Sunday, hosting the Oakville Rock in game one of the best of seven series. The Lakers had to wait until the end of their last game, and the regular season, before knowing who their opponents would be. Several scenarios existed, but they knew they would play either Oakville or the Brampton Excelsiors. Oakville not only cliched third place with their win…
The OLA Junior “A” Finals are set to kick off on Sunday evening in Six Nations, as the top seeded Arrows will take on the second seeded Peterborough Lakers, in what is expected to be one of the most hotly contested Junior “A” finals in years. After a 2015 regular season that saw tremendous parity throughout the league, the playoffs have been much more predictable as the top two seeds…