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The playoffs are here! The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers will play the Oakville Rock in the opening round in a best-of-five series. The MSL Finals remain a best-of-seven series. Game 1 - Tuesday, August 4th @ Oakville - 7:30 p.m. Game 2 - Thursday, August 6th @ Peterborough - 8 p.m. Game 3 - Saturday, August 8th @ Oakville - 7 p.m. Game 4 - Tuesday, August 11th @ Peterborough - 8 p.m. Game 5 - Wednesday, August 12th @ Oakville - 7:30 p.m. NEW THIS SEASON - Pay as You Play Packages The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers are getting ready for the playoffs. With Ticketmaster, we will be using Pay As You Play, a new ticket pricing structure for the playoff season. With Pay As You Play, you secure the same seats for the entirety of the playoff season, and your credit card is charged the per game fee once each home playoff game is confirmed (see fees below). Your credit card is not charged if the game does not take place. The deadline to opt-in to the pay to play offer is AUGUST 4 at 9:00 a.m. Payments will be processed on July 31 for those who opt-in before that date, and immediately for those who opt-in on or after July 31. This offer is open to both current season ticket holders and non-season ticket holders. Opt-in to Pay as You Play here: https://am.ticketmaster.com/peterboroughlakers/buy If you have any questions, please reach out to the Doane Grant Thornton Box Office. Please note the box office is closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Civic Holiday. *Single-game tickets will go on sale Wednesday, August 5th at 10 a.m.* Home games will be broadcast locally on YourTV with Pete Dalliday and Scott Arnold. FloSports will stream both home and away games (with subscription).
The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers put on a show for the fans on Fan Appreciation Night, beating the Owen Sound North Stars 14-2 in front of 2,887 Memorial Centre patrons. It was the Lakers final regular season game. They head into the playoffs in third place with an 11-7-0 record, and on a four-game win streak. They’ll meet the second-place Oakville Rock, losers to Brooklin on Wednesday 14-1. Oakville finished with a 12-6-0 record. “I still think we have more,” expressed captain Robert Hope. “We’re playing better in our last four games. There are a couple mistakes that we can clean up but it’s good to see that we are moving in the right direction. We’ve had to be in playoff mode. It’s been a long time [since we’ve played late in July] and we weren’t in the playoffs yet. We let a couple slip earlier in the year – we just didn’t play that great and the league’s a lot better.” Owen Sound (1-16-0) has one more game before their season ends; they host Cobourg on Saturday. Thursday, they had at least 10 call-ups on their roster including both goaltenders and Adam Churchill and Reagan Martinell from the Ennismore James Gang. Frank Coyle opened the scoring, sneaking in alone and faking far side before shooting. Owen Sound replied with their only goal of the period, scored by Churchill. Matt Gilray found himself in front of the net and stretched far side to make it 2-1. Ryan Lanchbury came out of a swarm of players and put in a sneaky underhand roll for Peterborough’s third. Mike Robinson scored twice in 32 seconds for goals four and five: his first as he came in from the side, and the second was a crease dive off a Brad McCulley pass. McCulley then followed that up with a rocket from the outside before Deacan Knott made the full-floor pass up to Lanchbury for his second of the game and a 7-1 lead. All of this occurred before the game was 10 minutes and three seconds old. “It’s tough,” said McCulley. “They’ve had a tough season getting some guys to show and the ones who did show worked really hard. It’s nice that right now we’re kind of finding our stride. It was good for us. You don’t take one off a week before playoffs.” In the second, Rob McGrayne scored for Owen Sound early, but the Lakers dominated the second half of the period with goals from Lanchbury, McCulley and Jr. A call-up Nate Sage. Peterborough outscored Owen Sound 4-0 in the third period. McCulley got the hat trick on an underhanded power play marker, Lanchbury scored his fourth, and DJ Clark (shorthanded) and Thomas Hoggarth added singles. Deacan Knott made 38 saves. It was the largest crowd of the season, in part due to the annual pilgrimage of Ennismore’s Camp Moshava to the arena. The campers and counsellors brought untold amounts of energy to the game. “It’s awesome. They never stop going, up there,” said McCulley, who joked that he got confused when the campers started the wave. “They actually had a countdown that kinda screwed me up, I thought the period was ending. It looks like they’re having a blast.” “It was good energy,” enthused Hope. “It’s nice whenever you get the chance to play in front of a rowdy crowd especially at home. They’ve been coming for years and people look forward to it. Away teams, guys that haven’t played here before, they’re excited for it.” The Lakers travel to Oakville on Tuesday, August 4 for Game 1 of their best-of-five series. Game 2 is at the Memorial Centre on Thursday, August 6 with Game 3 back in Oakville on Saturday, August 8. If necessary, Game 4 will be Tuesday, August 11 in Peterborough and Game 5 Wednesday, August 12 in Oakville. Away games can be streamed on FloSports.com with a subscription, and home games can be seen both on FloSports as well as on YourTV. PLAYOFF TICKET INFORMATION “Pay as You Play” ticket packages are now on sale at https://am.ticketmaster.com/peterboroughlakers/buy . Current season ticket holders must opt-in to Pay as You Play by August 4 at 9 a.m. to have their preferred seats held for each round. With Pay as You Play, your credit card is only charged when games become necessary. The offer is open to non-season ticket holders as well. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Doane Grant Thornton Box Office. Please note the box office is closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Civic Holiday. Single-game tickets go on sale August 5 at 10 a.m. Of Note - Peterborough had 49 shots on goal while Owen Sound had 40 - Jake Withers was 13/14 on faceoffs; the Lakers chose to rest him for the third period. Frank Coyle was 1/4 and Matt Gilray 0/1. The North Stars won 5 of 19. - Peterborough was 1/4 on the power play with one shorthanded goal, and Owen Sound was 0/2. - The Lakers honoured the late Gerry Armstrong with a moment of silence before the game. Armstrong passed away this week at 93. He worked as a Memorial Centre usher for nearly 40 years! - Ted Higgins is raising money once again for the Parkinson Canada Superwalk, and on Thursday, the Lakers made a $2000 donation to his campaign. You can donate by clicking here . Full Lakers Scoring Ryan Lanchbury 4-3 Brad McCulley 3-3 Mike Robinson 2-0 Thomas Hoggarth 1-5 Nate Sage 1-3 Daniel Clark 1-2 Matt Gilray 1-1 Frank Coyle 1-0 Justin Sykes 0-2 Deacan Knott 0-2 Jake Withers 0-1 Jordan Stouros 0-1 Colton Armstrong 0-1 PHOTOS BY DAVID PICKERING @PICKS_PICS
Tuesday night, the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers (10-7-0) became the only team to beat the Six Nations Chiefs (16-2-0) on the floor during the 2026 MSL regular season with a 7-6 overtime win at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. Ryan Lanchbury fired in the OT winner, his second goal of the game, 3:17 into the extra frame. The Lakers led most of the game, never letting the Chiefs get ahead although they did manage a tie in the third period. It was the Lakers’ third win in a row. “It was a full 60, back and forth but I think we came in with a little extra jump tonight. It’s nice playing from ahead,” said Lanchbury. “Little bit of luck there – tried to look away and maybe catch him off guard and it worked.” Late last week, the previously undefeated Chiefs were handed a loss by the Ontario Lacrosse Association after they deemed Tyson Bell ineligible to play during the Chiefs’ visit to Oakville on July 20, a 10-4 win. Though Bell left the game in the first period after being informed of the suspension, stemming from their July 15 game, the Chiefs were stripped of the W. It remains, though, that the Lakers are the only team to actually beat the Chiefs. “It took the whole team,” said goaltender Drew Hutchison, who turned in another stellar performance. “The offence played great, they capitalized when they could and had a lot of good chances that their goalie was stopping. Gotta give them credit, they’re a good team and I’m hopeful we see them in the playoffs.” By virtue of the win, the Lakers reach 20 points on the season and clinch third place in the regular season standings. Cobourg and Brooklin could also finish with 20 points, but the Lakers hold the tiebreaker over both teams. Peterborough will play Oakville in the best-of-five first round playoff series; game dates are TBD. Justin Sykes got the Lakers on the board with an outside rip 8:01 into the game. Colton Armstrong made it 2-0 after picking off a pass and scoring on the fast break while the Lakers were shorthanded. According to play-by-play man Mark Pare, It was the first time all season the Chiefs had been held scoreless in a period on their home floor. It was a playoff atmosphere with the Lakers executing the game plan flawlessly, with Hutchison leading the way. “He was unbelievable. I don’t know how many saves he made but it was a lot, and a lot of really good quality chances, not just quantity. He was incredible tonight, probably the best player on the floor,” praised Lanchbury. Lanchbury put Peterborough up 3-0 in the second with another outside rip to open the second. Lyle Thompson replied for the Chiefs, finding an impossible angle nearly even with goal line extended. Thomas Hoggarth then made a great pass to a cutting Mike Robinson on the power play, which Thompson equaled again before Josh Byrne got the Chiefs back within a goal. Justin Sykes capped the period by redirecting Lanchbury’s pass past Doug Jamieson for a 5-3 lead. There is one more home game before the playoffs begin; Owen Sound returns to the PMC on Thursday as the Lakers welcome fans to Fan Appreciation Night, with plenty of giveaways and a post-game autograph session. “Best fans in the league. Love playing in front of them. There is no better place to play, so we’re all really excited,” stated Lanchbury. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster online or at the box office. Of Note - Shots were not kept at the ILA, but Drew Hutchison stopped a LOT of rubber and OFTEN. - Jake Withers was 7/11 on faceoffs while Frank Coyle was 1/5. The Chiefs won 8/16 faceoffs. - Peterborough was 1/4 on the power play with one shorthanded goal, and Six Nations was 0/4. - Deacan Knott served the fourth game of his four-game suspension from July 16, and Dustyn Birkhof served the second of his two-game ban for a fight last Thursday against Cobourg. - This was the only MSL game of the season to require overtime. Full Lakers Scoring Ryan Lanchbury 2-1 Mike Robinson 2-0 Justin Sykes 2-0 Colton Armstrong 1-0 Thomas Hoggarth 0-3 Brad McCulley 0-2 Holden Cattoni 0-2 Robert Hope 0-1 Drew Hutchison 0-1 PHOTOS BY ANNA TAYLOR
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