Peterborough Lakers Down Season-Leading Six Nations Chiefs At Home

The Lakers got their second home win against the two-time defending Mann Cup champion Six Nations Chiefs, defeating them 10-7 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Lakers.

The Lakers scored the game’s first three goals courtesy of Carter Page, Justin Sykes and Thomas Hoggarth. The Chiefs scored one back but Peterborough led 3-1 after the first period.

Peterborough started the period with another run, scoring the first four goals. Page scored shorthanded, Hoggarth (powerplay) gets his second, Braedon Saris (powerplay) and Matt Gilray scored their first of the game. Six Nations went on a three-goal run and closed the gap but Peterborough still led 7-4 after the second period.

Peterborough started the period with another run, this time, scoring two thanks to Page’s hat trick and Sykes’s second. The Chiefs battled for another three-goal run to cut the deficit to 9-7 but Mike Robinson sealed it with a powerplay goal with 66 seconds left to give Peterborough the 10-7 win.

The win keeps the Lakers in second place, four points behind the first-place Chiefs but four points ahead of the third-place Brooklin L.C.

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