The Shamrocks will meet the Maple Ridge Burrards for the second consecutive year in the Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) finals, which start Aug. 16 in Victoria.
To defeat the Burrards and return to the Mann Cup Championships in September, the team will be looking to play to their strengths and get off to a strong start early on Friday, particularly on the face off at 7 p.m., a release from the Shamrocks said.
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Victoria finished the regular season in first place, sweeping the Nanaimo Timbermen in the first round of the playoffs.
Though Maple Ridge finished in second place, the team had the same number of points as Victoria at the end of the regular season.
Tyler Burton won 67 of 79 face offs in the first round for the Shamrocks, while Maple RidgeB次元官网网址檚 Reece Cailles won 36 of 75 in the last four games of their series against the New Westminster Salmonbellies.
Both teams are deep on offence with Tyler Pace (15 points in the first round), Jesse King (15), Chris Boushy (12), and Connor Robinson (11) leading the charge for Victoria. The ShamrocksB次元官网网址� defence will be looking to keep Dane Dobbie (26), Curtis Dickson (21), Ryan Keenan (20), Dan Taylor (12) and Ben McIntosh (12) away from the crease.
The Shamrocks have relied on Pete Dubenski in the crease their last four games, where he put up a league-leading 5.78 goals-against average and .879 save percentage. Frank Scigliano was projected to start the finals in goal for the Burrards, with an 8.46 goals-against average and .841 save rate, right behind Dubenski in goalie rankings.
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After Friday, the finals will continue in Maple Ridge on Aug. 18 at 6 p.m., in Victoria on Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. and back in Maple Ridge on Aug. 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets for the home games in Victoria are available at or at the Q Centre box office.
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