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| Defender Billy Dee Smith turned scorer to help the Chiefs run away with Game 4. (Photo: Dave Fryer) |
On a night when three Brampton
Excelsiors players were recognized for excellence in the regular
season, it was the Six Nations Chiefs who showed how excellent of a
team they can be.
Major Series Lacrosse Commissioner Jim
Brady presented 2015 season awards to a trio of Excelsior
players before the game Tuesday night in Brampton's Memorial Arena:
Joe Resetarits as MVP, Chris Corbeil as top defender
and Tyler Ferreira as rookie of the year.
Then Six Nations went out and dominated
Brampton from start to finish, outscoring them handily in each period
en route to a 14-3 win that gives them a commanding 3-1 lead in the
best of seven MSL semifinal.
Ryan Benesch, Billy Dee Smith
and Dhane Smith scored in the first 7:26 of the game as many
goals as Brampton would manage all game. Corbeil got one back
shorthanded but the Chiefs added another pair before the first period
buzzer.
In the second period, Brampton got on
the board twice but fell further behind as Six Nations connected five
times. Then the Chiefs blanked the Excelsiors 4-0 in the final frame.
Benesch wound up with a goal and 6
assists to lead all scorers. Dhane
Smith had 3 goals and 2 assists, Kasey Beirnes 3 goals
and 1 assist, and Randy Staats 2 goals and 3 assists for Six
Nations. Resetarits and Connor Daly had Brampton's other
goals. The box score shows Brampton outshooting Six Nations 49-38,
with Dillon Ward making 46 saves to earn the win.
Game 5 goes Thursday night in Six
Nations. Game 6, if necessary, would be back in Brampton Friday
night.
