In MSL action this week, wings players John Harasym, Dan Teat and the Brampton Excelsiors, took on fellow Wings teammate Athan Iannucci and the St. Regis Indians in Game 4 of their playoff semi-final.Brampton won the game by a convincing 13-3 score.  Teat had two goals and two assists in the victor.  The win gave Brampton a 3-1 series lead going into Wednesday’s game five.  The Excelsiors finished off St. Regis with a 9-7 victory.  Teat and Harasym each had assists in the series clinching win. 

In the second MSL semi-final, Mat Giles, Geoff Snider and the Peterborough Lakers squared off against the Six Nations Chiefs in game 5 of their series.  Peterborough won the game by a score of 10-2.   Snider scored two goals on the night and Giles recorded two assists for the Lakers.  The win gave the Lakers the series win 4-1 setting an MSL finals matchup with Brampton.

Sunday marked the start of the MSL finals.  Brampton was able to dominate Peterborough 8-1 and take the opening contest of this best of seven series.  Teat recorded one assist in the Excelsiors’ victory.  Snider was the only bright spot for the Lakers in the game, winning all but one face-off.  Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, August 18 in Brampton.

Game 2 of the MSL finals took place on Tuesday night, September 18 and Brampton was able to come away with its second victory in a row pushing their series lead to 2-0 over Peterborough.  Unlike game 1, this was a very competitive matchup that was tied as the final period of play began.  Snider continued his domination in the face-off circle winning 23 of 28 in addition to scoring a goal.  Giles had four points (1G 3A) in the Lakers losing effort.  Teat (1A) and Harasym (4 PIM) had quiet nights for Brampton.