Peterborough Lakers In Massive 3-0 Series Hole After 9-4 Loss to Six Nations Chiefs

The Peterborough Lakers have to climb out of a massive hole to keep their playoff hopes alive, as they were defeated by the Six Nations Chiefs, 9-4, at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Thursday night.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Van Every and the Six Nations Chiefs.

Six Nations opened the game with a three-goal run for the home crowd. Peterborough responded with a Joe Resetarits goal and a power play tally from Breadon Saris. Ryan Smith scored one in the last 83 seconds of the period for Six Nations to pull away 4-2 after the first stanza.

The second was all Six Nations as they had another three-goal run. This time, the Chiefs were able to blank the Lakers and hold them off the scoresheet for a 7-2 score into the third.

Six Nations opened the scoring in the third once again to extend their lead to six. Peterborough scored another two-straight with Taite Cattoni and Brad McCulley finding the scoresheet. Six Nations kept the game out of reach as Tyson Bell put the finishing touches on a 9-4 dominant win for the two-time defending Mann Cup champions.

The Lakers look to avoid a sweep with game four back at the Memorial Centre on Saturday at 7 p.m.

“We’re right up against it, plain and simple,” said Robert Hope, Lakers captain. “We have amazing fans. We’ve always had great support from them. It’s a Saturday night in Peterborough which is a rarity, it doesn’t happen a lot. I think the fans will show up and be rocking and we’re excited to play in front of them.”

A win for Six Nations means they have swept the Lakers twice in three years in the playoffs.

“I think the message [after this one] is ‘believe,’” said Hope. “We know what we have to do. We know the process and what it involves. We haven’t played a full 60 yet. They’re a good team, don’t get me wrong but we have to do things better as individuals, five on five, for the whole and for the betterment of the team and we just haven’t done that on a consistent basis.”

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