Mann Cup Update

The Peterborough Lakers were slow out of the gates at the Mann Cup but have since taken a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Lakers now look to clinch their second straight Mann Cup title and third in four years tonight in Coquitlam. The Coquitlam Adanacs will look to rebound tonight and force two more games on their way to their first title since 2001.

In the series opener, Coquitlam got out to an early 2-0 lead on two shorthanded goals and ran the score to 4-1 before Peterborough woke up. Peterborough never led in the game and Coquitlam won 14-11. The second game opened with a Peterborough goal 14 seconds into the first period but then Coquitlam took control of the period, scoring three straight goals. Peterborough managed to tie the game by the end of the first and turned it on in the second period outscoring Coquitlam 7-4. At the end of the game, Peterborough were 13-9 winners.

The Adanacs came out firing in the third game, scoring three straight goals to open the game but Peterborough rebounded with three in a row of their own and the game was tied after forty minutes. Peterborough outscored the Adanacs in the last period and earned a 7-6 win. With a 2-1 series lead, Peterborough began to smell victory and jumped out to an early two goal lead in game four. Coquitlam responded but found themselves trailing 4-3 after one period. The lead was increased to 9-6 after two periods and the game ended with a 12-8 score in favour of Peterborough.

The Lakers John Grant Jr leads all scoring with 22 points, followed closely by teammate Scott Evans with 21 points. With 10 goals, Scott Evans leads all in goals scored while John Grant Jr. leads in assists with 13. For the Adanacs, Jason Wulder is tops with 15 points on 6 goals and 9 assists while Colin Doyle is second with 5 goals and 8 assists for 13 points.
Game five goes tonight at 7:45 PM Pacific time and if necessary game six goes Friday at 7:45 PM Pacific and game seven on Saturday at the same time.