The senior B Nanaimo Timbermen wanted to earn their berth in nationals, and now they’ll have a chance to try to do just that.
The Re/Max Timbermen have advanced to the B.C. finals, where they will face the Ladner Pioneers.
The final will be just a best-of-three due to arena availability issues, said Shawn Swanson, Timbermen general manager, in an e-mail. As well, both the T-men and Pioneers are already through to the Presidents Cup national championships because with Nanaimo as host city, B.C. gets two berths.
The senior B Timbermen won their semifinal series earlier this week with a 11-8 road win Tuesday against the Victoria Wolves. Nanaimo won the best-of-five series three games to one.
In Tuesday’s game, Sam Postma led the offence with a hat trick. Ryan Taylor had two goals and two assists, Cayle Ratcliff had a goal and three assists and Andrew Miller and Jon Diplock both had a goal and two helpers. Other scorers were Shane Chalker, Adam Bakular-Evans and Braden Senft.
Pete Dubenski earned the win in goal as the T-men outshot the Wolves 46-31.
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The senior B Timbermen advance to take on the Ladner Pioneers in the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association finals. The Pioneers were able to sweep past the Coquitlam Adanacs, with the deciding game Monday in Ladner.
GAME ON … Ladner and Nanaimo play Game 1 on Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena. Game 2 will be Aug. 11 in Delta and Game 3, if necessary, would be Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane.
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