Six Nations Defeats Peterborough Now Heading To The Mann Cup

Gary Groob

Gary Groob has been involved with Lacrosse for the majority of his life, whether playing, coaching, or covering the sport for the media. An avid fan, with a real drive about helping to "grow the game", Gary became part of podcasts about the game in 2010. Through the podcasts, Mr. Groob was given an opportunity to write about lacrosse, and the rest as they say, is history. Through many miles (flying and driving) Gary has made inroads with the National Lacrosse League, Major Series Lacrosse, Ontario Series Lacrosse, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, CUFLA, as well as the Arena Lacrosse League, covering the leagues, their teams, and players, working for, and in concert with all of them. In the year 2019, Mr. Groob was made the media person for the Arena Lacrosse League, voted onto the board of directors of the Brampton Excelsiors Lacrosse Club, as well as being made administrator of the Lacrosse page "Global Lacrosse" with a membership of 14,000+ members in over 90 Countries. Gary was also made an administrator of Lacrosse History Past Present and Future in 2022 with a membership of 19,000+. Gary also has been the media person for Ontario Series Lacrosse (Senior B) since 2023. Mr. Groob also covers the Green Gaels for their excursions to Prague at the Ales Hrebesky tournament since 2022. In 2024, when Major Series Lacrosse was in need of a media person, Gary stepped in as their interim media person. His tasks were running their social media, as well as their website until a full time person was found to fill the role. In 2025 Gary was voted onto the Board of Directors for Ontario Series Lacrosse. Mr. Groob hosts a weekly lacrosse interview show formerly on Spanglish Sports World, and ZingoTV channel 250, now on StreamPunkEnt.com, Youtube, as well as Spotify. Groob also hosts a lacrosse talk show and podcast for All Lacrosse All The Time seen live Sunday nights at 8pm (ET), and archived on the All Lacrosse All The Time YouTube page, as well as Spotify. Gary also wrote a weekly lacrosse editorial column for La Portada Canada News both in print and online for three years from 2021-2024. In 2025, Mr. Groob joined the ownership ranks, becoming a minority owner of StreamPunk Entertainment, ensuring Lacrosse will always have voice in media. Mr. Groob's other sports interests include Hockey, Football, Boxing, Wrestling, and Baseball, competing competitively in Boxing and Wrestling for many years.

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The Peterborough Lakers (5-7) traveled west to face the Six Nations Chiefs (8-1) in game five of the Major Series Lacrosse finals at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Haggersville, Ontario.

The Lakers once again had their backs against the wall, down 3-1 in the series.

The goaltending match-up had Drew Hutchison in net for the Lakers facing Warren Hill in net for the Chiefs.

The Six Nations Chiefs were on a mission to end the series. Led by Ryan Smith (2g,1a), Josh Byrne (2g,2a), and Dhane Smith (2g,3a) the Chiefs scored early, and kept control of the game throughout.

Up 7-2, Six Nations chased starting goalie Drew Hutchison in favor of Nick Rose, promptly welcoming him to the game 0:31 seconds later.

Tempers boiled over in the third, giving Peterborough opportunities on the power-play. Although the Lakers scored a couple of power-play goals, it wasn’t enough to overcome the deficit. Six Nations wins the game 12-7, to win the series 4-1.

The Chiefs will now face the New Westminster Salmonbellies in the Mann Cup as they try to three-peat as champion.

To The Game:

Six Nations opened the scoring with Ryan Smith putting it over Drew Hutchison’s shoulder off a Dhane Smith pass at 2:44, followed by Josh Byrne with a laser to the shortside off a Dhane Smith pass at 11:11.

Jordan Stouros answered for Peterborough on a loose ball pickup going coast to coast unassisted at 12:54, but Shayne Jackson and Lyle Thompson replied late in the period to give the Chiefs a three goal lead at the break.

After one period, Six Nations 4 Peterborough 1.

Second Period:

Six Nations increased their lead when Ryan Smith scored with a blast from the front of the net off a Steve Priolo pass at 6:50, but the Lakers replied with Justin Sykes firing a high to high shot to the far corner off a Joe Resetarits pass at 11:32.

Dhane Smith then scored back to back goals. His first was shorthanded off a floater from the outside off a Lyle Thompson pass at 13:31, foĺlowed by highlight reel goal on a great individual effort at 16:13.

The Lakers replaced Drew Hutchison in net with Nick Rose.

Ryan Smith welcomed Nick Rose to the game with a blast off a Brendan Bomberry pass at 16:44, but Braedon Saris replied on the power-play to try to keep the Lakers in the game at 19:38.

After two periods, Six Nations 8 Peterborough 3.

Third Period:

Ian MacKay increased the Chiefs lead with a shot through the five-hole off a Ryan Smith pass 0:35 seconds into the third period.

Tempers finally boiled over between the teams at the 6:00.mark with a number of squirmishes breaking out. However, after all was said and done Six Nations would be two men down.

The Lakers got moving with a power-play goal from Joe Resetarits on a sidearm snipe at 7:41, followed by Mike Robinson also on the power-play 0:22 seconds later also from the outside.

Matt Marinier, with a great individual effort going coast to coast, grabbed a loose ball and made no mistake at 10:57, increasing the Chiefs lead to five.

Braedon Saris fired a howitzer high to high, followed by Justin Sykes with a goal in transition off a Jake Withers feed 0:16 seconds later to have the Lakers climb back into the game again, down by only three.

Josh Byrne added a goal on a spin-a-rama move off an Ian MacKay pass at 16:50, followed by an empty net goal from Tyson Bell at 17:24 to put the game on ice.

Final score, Six Nations 12 Peterborough 7.