Make it back-to-back wins for the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers. A day after beating Cobourg 8-4, the Lakers took their show on the road and beat the Excelsiors 10-6 at Memorial Arena in Brampton. The Lakers fell behind 4-1 but a strong seven-goal second period showcased both their talent and focus. Thomas Hoggarth, Braedon Saris and Jr. A call-up Nate Sage led the charge with two goals each. Singles went to Holden Cattoni, Matt Gilray, Colton Armstrong and Ryan Lanchbury. Nick Rose got the win in goal, holding Brampton scoreless for the final 23 minutes of the game. Alex Pace made his season debut on defence after rehabbing an ankle injury suffered late in the NLL season. There are two games remaining in the regular season including Tuesday at Six Nations and Fan Appreciation Night on Thursday vs. Owen Sound. Currently the Lakers sit in third place in the MSL standings, ahead of Cobourg and Brooklin. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster online or at the box office. Post-Game Quotes “You have to score when you have power play chances especially this time of year. It’s a little bit tough because it’s a small rink here so it plays a little bit differently.” – Holden Cattoni on the power play “It’s one of those things where everyone is dealing with it so you just try to almost not think about it or not complain about it because everyone’s dealing with it, just focus on the game and try to get through it that way.” – Liam Patten on playing in a small, hot arena “Our transition game really stepped up. We ended up getting four if not five transition goals in particular in the second frame there. That was a big part of our turnaround. Rosey made some big saves when he needed to, it was a close game there for a big and he dug in as well and made some hard stop.” – Tracey Kelusky on the game “Just some poise on the back end. We know what Alex brings. He brings a ton of experience and is just a calming presence on the back end. He’ll be the first to admit that his lungs probably weren’t where they needed to be, when you take the summer off and jump in later, it’s harder, it’s just physically demanding. I thought he looked good, didn’t miss a beat.” – TK on Alex Pace’s return “It’s about us. Our message has always been about us and that’s what coach Hasen talks about is we control what we can control. Truth be told, if we have if everyone committed to doing the things we want on both sides of the ball and get good goaltending, we’ll be hard to beat.” – TK on Tuesday’s game in Six Nations Of Note - The Lakers went 6/19 on faceoffs while the Excelsiors were 13/19. - Peterborough was 2/3 on the power play and Brampton was ½ on the power play. Full Lakers Scoring Thomas Hoggarth 2-1 Nate Sage 2-0 Braedon Saris 2-0 Ryan Lanchbury 1-2 Holden Cattoni 1-3 Colton Armstrong 1-0 Matt Gilray 1-0 Mike Robinson 0-2 Robert Hope 0-1 Nick Rose 0-1 Liam Patten 0-1 Frank Coyle 0-1 PHOTOS BY ANNA TAYLOR

The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers got the win, the season series and the tiebreaker over the Cobourg Kodiaks on Thursday night, taking their third meeting of the season 8-4. The Lakers trail Cobourg for third place in the MSL standings by two points. The win moves them into fourth place, tied with Brooklin on whom they have the tiebreaker. Three games remain in the Lakers’ regular season. Peterborough led 3-1 and 4-3 before a four-goal run in the third put the game out of reach for Cobourg. Colton Armitage led the team with a hat trick and two assists; Thomas Hoggarth had a pair of goals and two assists; and Holden Cattoni a goal and two assists. Drew Hutchison made 49 saves. Cobourg was led by Alex Marinier and Zach Thompson with a goal and assist each. Laine Hruska was peppered with shots, making 55 saves. The Lakers honoured the 1986 Minto Cup champion Peterborough Jr. A Maulers with a pre-game ceremony. Current team members wore throwback jerseys during warmups, which were then presented to the 1986 team. That team included current defensive coach Bobby Keast, former general manager Paul Day and former head coach/GM Jamie Batley. The Lakers are back at it Friday night in Brampton versus the Excelsiors and will visit Six Nations Tuesday before hosting Owen Sound in their regular season finale next Thursday on fan appreciation night. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster online or at the box office. Post-Game Quotes “It’s crunch time so it’s more intense. They’re a physical team. Dustyn’s a physical guy and he likes to step up for his guys, and he did that for us. He saw us taking a beating up front and he wanted to do something about it. Can’t say enough good things about him either.” – Brad McCulley on Dustyn Birkhof’s fight against Owen Down “We all know that it’s playoff lacrosse. Everyone needs to take care of themselves, come ready to play and give 100%.” – Johnny Pearson on what the team’s current mindset is “We have to worry about what we have to do, be focused and dialed in and play like there’s no tomorrow.” – head coach Mike Hasen “Hutchy has been playing really well all year, little misstep last week but he came in dialed. He’s playing well, giving Rosey a little bit of time so we have a really good one-two-three punch for what’s coming next for us.” – Mike Hasen on the Lakers’ goaltending “I’m a little disappointed the way that Peterborough responded in the last three minutes. I don’t think there was a need for it. Really, I didn’t see any animosity prior to them doing that so I’m not sure why, but that’s on them. Maybe they’re trying to spark their team up.” – Cobourg head coach Joe Sullivan Of Note - Attendance was 2,643. - Peterborough fired 63 shots on goal while Cobourg let go of 53. - The Lakers went 6/15 on faceoffs while the Kodiaks were 9/15. - Peterborough was 2/4 on the power play with two shorthanded markers, and Cobourg was 2/9 on the power play. - Jake Withers served the second of a two-game suspension, and Deacan Knott the second of four after both were involved in fights against Owen Sound two weeks ago. Knott is eligible to return next Thursday, again versus Owen Sound. - Lacrosse takes over Healthy Planet Arena this weekend: In addition to the Meredith Cup semifinals between the Jr. C Lakers and Cornwall (Saturday 8:30 p.m./Sunday 8 p.m.), the Lakefield Rage are hosting the Sr. C League’s weekend. Full Lakers Scoring Colton Armitage 3-2 Thomas Hoggarth 2-2 Holden Cattoni 1-2 Colton Armstrong 1-0 Liam Patten 1-0 Rob Hellyer (0-1) Ryan Lanchbury (0-1) Johnny Pearson (0-1) Jordan Stouros (0-1) Robert Hope (0-1) Braedon Saris (0-1) Brad McCulley (0-1) PHOTOS BY DAVID PICKERING @picks_pics