After getting robbed Friday in Victoria, the Coquitlam Adanacs returned home Saturday to withdraw two points from the goal-bankrupt Burnaby Lakers.
Two marginal penalties against the A's in the final four minutes allowed the host Shamrocks to overcome a two-goal deficit and force overtime, where they eventually prevailed 12-11.
The loss, coupled with the A's 9-4 triumph over Burnaby the next night, moved Coquitlam to 3-2-0, behind only the 3-0-1 Shamrocks in the seven-team Western Lacrosse Association.
Adanacs general manager Les Wingrove was rankled by the two calls against his squad late in regulation time -- one on leading scorer Dane Dobbie for unsportsmanlike conduct with four minutes left, the other on transition player Jon Harnett for an "absurd" slashing call with 11 seconds left that set up the 10-10 tying goal with just six ticks to go to force a 10-minute extra session.
Dobbie was whistled for yapping from the bench after his goal was disallowed because of a ridiculous crease violation call, Wingrove said, while Harnett's infraction was even more outrageous -- a slash on his follow through while throwing the ball down the floor to kill time when his stick allegedly didn't even strike a Victoria player.
"I have the videotape and he didn't even hit the guy," Wingrove said. "In all my years in lacrosse, I've never seen a penalty called like that. We often complain about the officiating in Victoria but the game was actually called pretty well until the final four minutes, then it went all wonky.
"I truly think we got robbed of two points."
Dobbie led the A's with three goals and three assists.
Against the Lakers, the A's raced to a 4-1 first-period lead and sailed to a 9-4 win at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex.
Dobbie netted two goals and added four assists, with Daryl Veltman adding a pair of tallies and two helpers. Cory Conway chipped in with four assists.
SAINTS NET FIRST WIN
Port Coquitlam Saints posted their first win of the B.C. Jr. 'A' lacrosse league season Sunday by beating the Timbermen 12-8 in Nanaimo.
Cody L'Arrivee and Danton Nicholson fired in three goals each for the Saints, who moved to 1-10-0.
The Timbermen slid to 3-8-0.
