The Coquitlam Adanacs will try to get above .500 when they host the Burnaby Lakers, Saturday at the Poirier Sports and Recreation Complex.
The game will be a rematch of their game last Saturday, when the Adanacs prevailed, 12-9, over the visitors.
The Lakers, who are tied for second in the Western Lacrosse Association standings with the New Westminster Salmonbellies, opened the scoring just three seconds into the game when Shaun Dhaliwal beat Coquitlam keeper Josh Phillips.
Brian Gillis got that back for the Adanacs 1:32 later.
After Cam Milligan put Burnaby back in front, Coquitlam scored three straight goals to take a 4-2 lead into the dressing room.
The Lakers answered that with a three-goal run of their own to open the second period. Milligan scored his second of the game, followed by two goals by Robert Church.
Mike Krgovich got Coquitlam even when he converted a set up from Gillis.
Burnaby went back in front on Scott Jones’ shorthanded goal. But it was the last time they’d hold the lead.
Gillis ignited a four-goal outburst by the Adanacs that spanned the last three minutes of the second period and the first 1:43 of the third. Dean Fairall, Brett Kujala and Ricci, with his second, also scored.
Goals by Burnaby’s Justin Salt and Eli McLaughlin, less than three minutes apart, may have tightened the Adanacs’ grips on their sticks, but three straight power play goals ballooned their cushion to four goals.
Ricci added three assists to his two goals to lead Coquitlam’s attack. Matthew Delmonico also had a five-point night, with a goal and four assists.
