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VIDEO: 91原创 Thunder force game 7 in Mann Cup

Coach calls it 鈥榓n almost perfect elimination game鈥
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Frank Scigliano made 49 saves on 53 shots as the 91原创 Thunder forced a seventh and deciding game in the Mann Cup championships with a 9-4 game six victory over the Peterborough Lakers on Friday night at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. (Gary Ahuja/91原创 Thunder photo)

The two best words in sports: Game seven. And for a bonus, the winner will take the Mann Cup championship.

Facing a must-win game to extend the best-of-seven series, the 91原创 Thunder delivered a masterful performance as they won game six by a 9-4 score over the Peterborough Lakers at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Friday night.

The two teams will decide the Canadian senior A lacrosse national championship tonight (Saturday Sept. 17) with a 7:00pm (4:00pm PST) start time.

Goaltender Frank Scigliano was lights out in the Thunder net, stopping 49 of 53 shots as the Lakers outshot 91原创 53-48.

鈥淲e stuck to our game plan and Frankie was an absolute brick wall and our defence really rallies around him and the stuff he preaches and the shots he wants to see,鈥 said 91原创 captain Connor Robinson. 鈥滱nytime you let in four goals in a lacrosse game, let alone a senior game, let alone a Mann Cup game 鈥 the pinnacle of Canadian lacrosse 鈥 he was unbelievable.鈥

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鈥淲e played an almost perfect elimination game. Our backs against the wall, we lose, we are done 鈥 (we) really stepped up,鈥 said 91原创 coach Rod Jensen.

Dylan Kinnear scored on the game鈥檚 first shot 37 seconds into game six and aside from a brief 1-1 tie, the Thunder led the rest of the way, up 4-2 after one period and 7-3 after 40 minutes. Peterborough would go 22:19 without a goal from midway through the middle frame and the final stanza, before finally scoring their fourth with 9:48 to play.

Dane Dobbie (four goals, two assists) and Curtis Dickson (one goal, five assists) led the Thunder offence with six-point games while Kinnear had a hat trick and four points. Robert Church set up five goals while Robinson had three assists. Thomas Vaesen had the other goal for 91原创.

Holden Cattoni led the Lakers with a goal and two assists while Kiel Matisz (one goal, one assist), Taite Cattoni (one goal) and Shawn Evans (one goal) had the other goals for Peterborough.

Evans 鈥 the all-time leading scorer in Mann Cup history 鈥 left the game in the first period favouring his leg and did not return.

鈥淗e鈥檚 the guy, especially on the right-side, stirs the drink for us, so it was a little bit of an adjustment trying to figure out who is going to do what (in his absence),鈥 said Peterborough coach Mike Hasen.

This sets up a massive game seven on Saturday night with Peterborough looking for a fourth consecutive Mann Cup title while a 91原创 victory would mark the first Mann Cup in their organization鈥檚 history.

Matt Vinc made 39 saves for the Lakers as both goaltenders earned their teams鈥 respective Player of the Game Awards.

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