Burnaby Lakers at Victoria Shamrocks Semi-Final game 2 preview
Written by Justis Doucet
Victoria - If you like goals, this is the series for you, the Shamrocks and Lakers are two of the three highest scoring teams in the league, and they also hold all three spots on the podium in league scoring leaders. Each team has two of the league’s top five regular season scorers, Victoria has runaway scoring champion Corey Small and his eighty-eight points, along with fifth place finisher Casey Jackson, while Eli McLaughlin and Robert Church occupy spots two and three for Burnaby.
In game one without two of their top right handed forwards in Rhys Duch and Joe Resetarits, the Shamrocks prevailed 9-8 against a Burnaby squad that they had fallen to twice in the previous two weeks. Stepping up in the absence was former Laker Casey Jackson, who scored twice in the first 2 minutes, as part of a four goal night.
The Shamrocks were also without defenders Tyler Hass, both Jon and Greg Harnett, and Ben McCullough, but Stone Cold Aaron Bold came to play. He shut out the Lakers in the first period, stopping all seventeen shots he saw in the stanza. Bold finished as the game's third star, stopping forty-one shots in the win.
The Shamrocks, whose depth is their biggest advantage, showed that they can dive into the Junior A ranks and fill the holes with players that can contribute. Danny Smith, a defender from the Junior 'Rocks scored his first WLA goal in the second period. Brad McCulley was also strong up front. Corey Small lead the WLA in goals with thirty-eight but showed he can play distributor as well, Small scored the Shamrocks third goal of the game, but recorded five assists, as he was in on six of nine goals.
Tickets are available from victoriashamrocks.com, by calling 250-478-7625 and at the arena at noon on game day.
Burnaby Lakers Scouting Report:
The Lakers have one of the most potent offences in the league, scoring the most goals in the regular season at 188. They are led by the second and third highest scorers in the league in Eli McLaughlin and Robert Church, who finished with sixty-seven and sixty-five points respectively. Burnaby is also very strong on the back end, allowing just 144 goals this season, the least in the league. Eric Penney led the WLA in both goals against average (7.02) and save percentage (.856) in the regular season.
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Live game stats:http://westernlacrosse.wttstats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=3170678
Playoff stats:http://westernlacrosse.wttstats.pointstreak.com/scoringleaders.html?leagueid=258
Shamrock stats:http://westernlacrosse.wttstats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=673543&seasonid=17341
Next game (Away) (Game 3 in best of 7 series): Monday August 7th, 6pm at Bill Copeland arena
Next HOME game (Game 4 in the best of 7 series): Wednesday August 9th, 6pm, The Q Centre, Tickets atvictoriashamrocks.com, by calling 250-478-7625, team store at 967 Langford Parkway or the arena at noon on game day.
Game Day Lineups
Victoria Shamrocks
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35 |
Adam Shute |
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50 |
Cody Hagedorn |
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77 |
Aaron Bold |
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2 |
Taylor Northway |
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3 |
Joe Resetarits |
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4 |
Tyler Hass |
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7 |
Tyler Burton |
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9 |
Matt Yager |
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10 |
Rhys Duch |
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11 |
Greg Harnett |
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12 |
Paul Brebber |
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14 |
Mike Triolo |
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15 |
Corey Small |
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16 |
Ethan Garland |
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17 |
Chris Wardle |
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19 |
Jake Archdekin |
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20 |
Ben McCullough |
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21 |
Casey Jackson |
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23 |
Josh Fagan |
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24 |
Evan Messenger |
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27 |
Cody Nass |
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29 |
Dallas Wade |
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32 |
Steve Priolo |
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33 |
Jon Harnett |
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42 |
Sheldon Burns |
Head Coach: Bob Heyes
Assistant Coaches: Art Webster,
Mike Simpson and John Hamilton
General Manager: Chris Welch
Burnaby Lakers
33 Eric Penny
35 Zak Boychuk
2 Matt Beers
4 Shaun Dhaliwal
5 Matt MacGrotty
6 Brendan Rouse
8 Chris O’Dougherty
10 Josh Sullivan
11 Tyler Digby
12 Kyle Sorensen
14 Matt Spanger
15 Ilija Gajic
19 Justin Salt
20 Dane Stevens
22 Neil Arbogast
23 Robert Church
24 Jason Jones
51 Eli McLaughlin
55 Robert King
72 Nathan Klein
80 Peter McFetridge
88 Jackson Decker
89 Scott Jones
94 Josh Byrne
95 Cam Milligan
Head Coach: Peter Tellis
Assistant Coaches: Randy Jones, Gordie Gimple, Remo Spagnolo
