The Burnaby Lakers finished their Western Lacrosse Association season with an 11-7-0 record following a loss to Coquitlam in the final regular season game last week.
The senior A Lakers lost 16-9 at home to the Coquitlam Adanacs who finished out of the playoffs tied with Langley at 7-11-0.
Last season, Burnaby finished in third place with a 10-8-0 record.
Burnaby will take on the third-place-finishing Maple Ridge Burrards in the opening game of the best-of-seven semifinal playoffs today (Wednesday) at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre. Game time is scheduled for 7:45 p.m.
New Westminster will travel to Victoria to take on the first-place Shamrocks in the other semifinal also Wednesday.
The Lakers fell behind early against the A’s, giving up the game’s first goal to second star Matthew Dinsdale in the opening minutes, before eventual first star, Brandon Goodwin, kickstarted a four-goal Coquitlam rally midway through the period.
The A’s upped their advantage to 7-1 early in the second period before Burnaby found its shooting range.
But the Lakers were clearly never in the contest.
Coquitlam struck three times to open the final period and added three more in a one-minute span later in the period before Goodwin added his fourth goal of the game with two minutes left on the clock.
Dan Lewis made 42 saves in the Burnaby net in his first loss this season.
Tyler Glebe got the start for the A’s and made 31 stops.
Team scoring leader Dane Stevens led the Lakers with a goal and three assists.
