Lakers End Excelsiors Season
Aug 28/07

By Brian R. Johnston
Brampton, ON –

The Peterborough Lakers successfully defended their Championship and put an end to the Brampton Excelsiors season with a 12 – 8 victory to take the final series of the MSL 4 games to 2 games in the best 7.

The Lakers will now travel to British Columbia to meet Coquitlam for the Mann Cup as the MSL representative and can make all MSL fans proud by capturing what is definitely the most important final of all.

The Excelsior’s season was filled with numerous hills and valleys and the character of this year’s team was the underlying factor for the overall success that they earned.

They were extremely strong in goal, as Mattamy Homes sponsored goaltenders, Brandon Miller and Anthony Cosmos were co-recipients for the best goals against average in the MSL.

Strong leadership was supplied by a number of core players in various ways and others matured significantly by taking on roles that hadn’t necessarily been part of their natural forte in the past.

The efforts and commitment by the newest members of the Excelsiors were most welcomed and the transition was made smoothly by blending into the organization that was new to them.

They faced adversity on a number of occasions during the regular season when things went array, but managed to right the ship accordingly and became stronger as a team from those experiences.

The contributions that have been made by the coaching staff, management and the phenomenal volunteers, that are essential to the successes that have been enjoyed by all and how important it is for everyone involved to be a part of this great organization that continues to compels us to seek the elusive hardware as Lacrosse Champions.

The Excelsior’s can look forward to the challenges that will present themselves for next year, as this season has ended but, the work for next year will now begin.

The Excelsior’s are most thankful to all of their quality sponsors and will continue to take strides toward securing the Mann Cup due to their generosity and contributions, both past and in the future.