Peterborough Lakers Avoid Sweep With 9-8 Win Over Six Nations Chiefs

The Lakers have some life as they avoided a sweep and elimination after defeating the Six Nations Chiefs, 9-8, in game four at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Saturday night.

Photo courtesy of Anna Taylor and the Peterborough Lakers.

The first period was a high-scoring affair. After Six Nations drew first blood, the Lakers got two in a row thanks to Thomas Hoggarth and Joe Resetarits. The teams traded the following four goals, with Matt Gilray scoring and Resetarits getting his second (on the power play). Taite Cattoni capped off the period with another man-advantage goal for a 5-3 lead.

Both teams alternated the first six goals with the Lakers scoring first. Hoggarth got Peterborough’s first goal whiel Braedon Saris scored twice for the Lakers during that span. After a power play goal from Six Nations, Mitch Ogilvie responded with a shorthanded score where both teams scored four apiece in the second period for a 9-7 game.

The third period was uneventful but Six Nations scored with 9:26 left in regulation to pull themselves to within one goal. The Chiefs came out offensively with 24 shots on goal but Lakers goaltender Drew Hutchison stopped them all to preserve a Peterborough lead and the game, keeping the Lakers alive.

“Down 3-0, we knew we had to come out with a spark right away and we did,” said Resetarits. “Hitting on the power play was huge. Getting a couple transition goals was huge against a team like that. We weren’t getting those in the first three games. We have to build off this. We know they’re going to come hungry and p****d off on Monday. This next game will be the hardest game we play this summer.”

The Chiefs outshot the Lakers 55-41 while Hutchison made 47 saves to help Peterborough avoid elimination.

“(Hutchison is) a guy who’s worked hard all year. In Game two I don’t think we really did him any favours,” explained Resetarits. “Today we cleaned up. We got off the floor… We stayed out of the box, so we did our part there… he stood on his head for the entire game.”

Game five is at 8 p.m. on Monday at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.

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