There’s nothing like a strong performance to erase the effects of a wipeout.
The Burnaby junior Lakers turned in a sharp outing on Sunday in knocking off the visiting Nanaimo Timbermen 13-8 at the Copeland Sports Complex.
Making it all possible was netminder Graham Husick, who turned aside 48 shots in a contest where the two sides combined to fire 105 shots on goal.
Burnaby grabbed the lead less than a minute in on Parker Willis’ marker, and led 3-0 by the 9:33 mark.
Although Nanaimo put in some decent rallies, closing the gap to a goal midway through the second period, the Lakers put it away in the third, scoring the final three goals of the game.
Danny Spagnuolo counted two goals and three assists, while Wyatt Pinder scored twice and set up two others. Kyle Heiling and Willis both finished with two goals apiece.
Also scoring for Burnaby were Jordan Gabriele, Connor McNeill, Damon Prince, Anthony Quatrano and Brad Rowbotham, while Mason Pomeroy contributed four assists.
It came three days after the Lakers were shellacked 12-3 by the New Westminster Salmonbellies.
New West, hungry for its first win of the young B.C. Junior A Lacrosse season, broke open a 4-2 game with eight of the next nine goals, including five unanswered in the third period.
Pinder, Quatrano and Spagnuolo tallied the Burnaby markers, while New West got hat tricks from Adam Dickson and Connor Robinson.
Hunsick, making his first junior A start of the season, faced a barrage as the Bellies fired 68 shots on the Laker net.
At 2-4 and in a three-way tie for fourth place, Burnaby picks up Friday when it visits Port Coquitlam.
On Sunday they host the undefeated Coquitlam Adanacs, 7 p.m. at the Bill Copeland Sports Complex.
