2008 MSL Playoff Series set

The MSL regular season has come to an end with the Brampton Excelsiors placing first overall with a 14-3-1 record that will give them home court advantage throughout the 2008 Major Series Lacrosse Playoffs. The Peterborough Lakers who started the season off just 2-4, finished second overall with a 12-5-1 record.

The first round series will see the third place St. Regis Indians (11-7) take on the sixth place Six Nations Chiefs (5-12-1). In the other series the fourth place Brooklin Redmen (7-11) will go up against the fifth place K-W Kodiaks (7-11).

#1 Brampton & #2 Peterborough receive first round byes

#3 St. Regis vs. #6 Six Nations

#4 Brooklin vs. #5 K-W

JULY 20, 2008 - ST. REGIS 6 VS. SIX NATIONS 5

Scoring for St. Regis

Mark Steenhuis 3 goals 1 assist

Andrew Lazore 2 goals

Brett Bucktooth 1 goal

Scoring for Six Nations

Tom Montour 2 goals

Singles by Delby Powless, Dean Hill & Cody Jacobs

JULY 19, 2008 - ST. REGIS 13 VS. KITCHENER-WATERLOO 7

Scoring for St. Regis

3 goals each for Andrew Lazore (1A) and Mark Steenhuis (2A)

2 goals for Mike Accursi (1A)

Singles by John Tavares, Pat Maddalena, Steve Toll, Brandon Francis & Garrett Cree

Scoring for K-W

4 goals for Trevor Colm

Singles by Mike Flemming, Brenden Thenhous & Kevin Ross

Six Nations defeats St. Regis 11-10 in GAME ONE OF MSL 1/4 FINALS

The #6 Six Nations Chiefs took a 1-0 series lead in the best 3-out-of-5 Major Series Lacrosse Quarter Finals as they defeated the #3 St. Regis Indians by the score of 11-10 Tuesday night at the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena.

Six Nations trailed 10-6 after two periods before adding five unanswered goals in the third period. Sid Smith and Cody Jacobs set up Craig Point for the game winner with 4:10 remaining in regulation.

Six Nations had a balanced offense led by Cory Bomberry (2G, 2A), Dean Hill (1G, 3A) and Cody Jacobs (1G, 3A) who all contributed with four points each. Delby Powless and Roger Vyse both added two goals and one assist while Craig Point rounded out the Chiefs leaders chipping in with two goals in the victory.

For St. Regis, Mark Steenhuis added two goals and three assists to lead all scorers with five points. John Tavares, the 2008 MSL Leading Scorer, added

three goals and one helper in the loss. Scoring singles were Andrew ‘Atha’ Lazore, Kevin Dostie, Brett Bucktooth, Steve Toll and Rob Van Bek.

Six Nations leads series 1-0.

Game 2 - July 23 - Six Nations @ St. Regis - 7:00 PM

Game 3 - July 26 - St. Regis @ Six Nations - 7:00 PM

Game 4 - July 27 - St. Regis @ Six Nations - 2:00 PM

tentative depending on the Can/Am Sr. B Series

if not July 28 - St. Regis @ Six Nations - 7:00 PM

Game 5 - July 30 - Six Nations @ St. Regis - 8:30 PM