Peterborough Lakers Cannot Find Footing In Game One Loss to Six Nations Chiefs

The Peterborough Lakers drop game one to the two-time defending Mann Cup champion Six Nations Chiefs, 11-6, at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Sunday night.

The Lakers and Chiefs from their game on Aug. 13 last year. It is the fifth season in a row and ninth out of 10 that the Lakers and Chiefs have faced each other in the Finals. Photo courtesy of Anna Taylor and the Peterborough Lakers.

The Lakers got off to the hot start they wanted as Braedon Saris scored twice and Joe Resetarits got a tally but Peterborough started to fall behind and trailed 5-3 at the end of the first.

The woes kept coming as Six Nations ran off a three-goal run in the second period. It was not until Taite Cattoni scored at 4:43 to keep them from being shut out in that stanza.

The Chiefs started the third with a pair of goals to to make it 10-4. Cattoni notched his second of the game to close the gap. Each team scored one more goal —Jake Withers scoring for Peterborough — but the deficit was too great for Peterborough to make up and Six Nations took game one, 11-6.

“We are climbing a mountain,” said Mike Hasen Lakers’ head coach. “We said to the guys, it’s a wakeup call here. Tuesday night we have to come prepared and get back at it and play with a little bit of a hate for these guys. They took it to us tonight. We’ll be waking up after this one and will be much better Tuesday.”

“We know they’re beatable in our building,” saidd Cattoni. “They’re a really good team and it’s playoffs so they’re holding nothing back. We have to match their intensity.”

Game two of the best-of-seven series is on Tuesday night at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.

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