The Coquitlam Adanacs head into the final week of the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League season riding an 11-game win streak and on the verge of clinching first place.
The Adanacs defeated the hometown Burnaby Lakers 16-5 Sunday to improve to 16-2-1 with two games remaining on their schedule. Their 33 points are five more than second-place New Westminster Salmonbellies (14-4-0), who had three games left heading into their home game Tuesday night against the Langley Thunder. Coquitlam and New West will battle Friday (7:30 p.m.) at the Poirier Sports Centre with Coquitlam concluding its season with a home game against the Victoria Shamrocks on Sunday (2 p.m.).
On Monday, Coquitlam and Burnaby were tied after the first period despite the A’s holding a 26-11 shot advantage. The Adanacs blew the game wide open by outscoring Burnaby 9-3 in the second and then cruised with a 6-1 goal advantage in the third. Final shots on goal were 74-27 for Coquitlam.
Newly acquired Dylan Foulds led the point parade with seven including three goals. John Hofseth had six (1-5), Colin Munro five (2-3), Will Clayton four (3-1) and Gabe Procyk and Ryland Rees three (2-1). Thomas Semple also scored twice while Ethan Ticehurst got the other Coquitlam marker.
Before the game, and before the BCJALL trading deadline, the Adanacs acquired defender Tyson Kirkness from the Langley Thunder. Kirkness was the Thunder’s team captain. In another deal, Coquitlam picked up Foulds, Rees, Gradon Bradley and the playing rights to Liam Thomas from the Port Coquitlam Saints for Coquitlam’s highest first-round selections in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 drafts and future considerations.
The Saints (12-5-2) sit third after splitting a pair of games on the weekend. PoCo edged the Nanaimo Timberman 8-7 Saturday after losing 9-6 at home to the Salmonbellies on Friday.
In Nanaimo, Jacob Patterson notched a hat trick while Garrett Winter scored two goals and two assists. Other Saints goals came from Brodie Gillespie, Clark Walter and Jordan Gabriel.
On Friday, Winter and Walter had two goals each in a losing cause with with Jacob Patterson and Connor Frost scoring singles.
After playing in Burnaby on Tuesday night, the Saints finish the season by playing host to Langley on Friday (8 p.m.).
