Lakers Split Long Weekend Games With Brooklin L.C. To Make Series 2-1 For Peterborough

The Peterborough Lakers and Brooklin L.C. split wins over the long weekend to make the series 2-1, with the former leading.

Photo courtesy of Anna Taylor and the Peterborough Lakers.

The Lakers extended the series to 2-0 after defeating Brooklin 10-8 at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre on Saturday.

Peterborough had led 9-0 in game one but had to work for goals in game two. They trailed 2-0, 4-2 and 5-4 before finally getting their first lead, 6-5, at the end of the second period.

“It’s just a great reminder that we are in a series and we need to get back to playing with lots of energy, and I thought we did that,” said Mike Hasen, Lakers head coach. “You take the wins as they are.” 

A pair of goals from Justin Sykes gave the Lakers their first two-goal lead of the night and never relinquished it for the remainder of the game.

In game three, Peterborough had their worst offensive showing of the season, scoring four goals while allowing seven to give Brooklin their first win of the series at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Monday night.

“We just weren’t sharp,” said Hasen. “Right from the get-go, we didn’t have the energy we had the last two games. We were a little bit planted, passes were off, we were dropping passes. It was just one of those nights where it was not good. Second period, we had a lot of energy but we just couldn’t find that consistency.”

The Lakers failed to score in the first period while allowing a pair. After allowing one more score, Peterborough found its footing with a four-goal run. The visitors scored four goals of their own after that and Peterborough could not find the back of the net for the remainder of the night for a 7-4 loss.

“We were a little sluggish to get going,” said Robert Hope, Lakers captain. “They worked really hard as a team, their goaltender played well, they made some small adjustments. We had some lulls. The first period wasn’t great for us. We picked it up in the second, and the third you’re playing catch up against a good team, so we struggled there a bit.”

Game four is in Whitby, where the Lakers will try to make it a 3-1 lead, while Brooklin will look to even the series.

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