The Coquitlam Adanacs scored eight times in the first period to roll to an easy 14-6 victory over the visiting Burnaby Lakers in their BC Junior A Lacrosse League game Wednesday at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.
The win keeps the Adanacs atop the BCJALL standings along with the undefeated New Westminster Salmonbellies, who’ve played one less game. The two teams show down against each other Tuesday at Queen’s Park Arena.
Wednesday, the Adanacs dominated the listless Lakers in the first period. After staking a 2-1 lead on goals by Mac Dailly and Dennon Armstrong, Coquitlam broke the game open with four straight goals in a span of 4:23 midway through the frame.
The barrage was sparked by Thomas Semple’s shorthanded marker as Ryan Sinkie served a minor penalty for holding. Armstrong, with his second, Jared Pozzobon and Robert Hofseth also scored before the Lakers’ Brad Rowbotham ended the deluge.
But the reprieve was only temporary as Ethan Ticehurst scored for the Adanacs just over a minute later and Semple made it 8-2 with his second goal of the period with 54 seconds remaining.
The Lakers showed a little more after the break, but 11 seconds after Josh Dumont made the score 8-3, Semple corralled a stretch pass from Ticehurst and beat Burnaby keeper Elijah Uema-Martin on the breakaway to restore the Adanacs’ advantage to six. Hofseth’s second goal of the game made it 10-3.
The Lakers’ Dylan Kaminsky and Coquitlam’s John Hofseth exchanged goals to make it 11-4 heading into the third period, where again the hosts outscored the visitors 3-2. Two of those goals were by John Hofseth to complete his hat trick. He also counted four assists in the game to lead all Coquitlam scorers.
Semple scored three times and added three helpers, while Matthew Mcilwrick set up four goals. Coquitlam keeper Christian Del Bianco stopped 31 of the 35 shots he faced. The Adanacs fired 39 shots at Burnaby’s Uema-Martin.
The Adanacs will play two road games this weekend, at the Ladner Leisure Centre against the Delta Islanders on Saturday and at the Q Centre against the Victoria Shamrocks on Sunday afternoon before their confrontation with the Salmonbellies on Tuesday. New West is idle until then.
