Third-period rally leads Timbermen past Thunder

Langley Thunder's Jake Newby defends against a member of the Port Coquitlam Saints during BC Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League action on July 27 at Langley Events Centre. Newby and his Thunder teammates are battling the Maple Ridge Burrards in a best-of-three playoff series this week. Damon James Langley Events Centre photo

Ahead 6-4 with a period to play, the Langley Thunder allowed six unanswered goals to the visiting Nanaimo Timbermen.

The two BC Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League teams were playing on Sunday (August 1) afternoon at Langley Events Centre with the Island visitors leaving with the 10-6 victory in the final game for both teams in the regular season.

Nanaimo finished with a 5-3 record while Langley was 3-5.

For Langley, Blake Larsen scored three times with Andrew Joseph, Curtis Goode and Kaden Hunter adding a goal apiece. Joseph also had a pair of assists while Hudson Zazelenchuk chipped in with three assists.

They begin their best-of-three series against Maple Ridge on Tuesday (August 3) with game one at Langley Events Centre. The action gets underway at 7:30 p.m. and is available to stream for free at www.tfsetv.ca. Game two is set for August 3 in Maple Ridge at 8:30 p.m.  and if necessary, game three would be back at LEC on August 6 with a 7:30 p.m. start time.