The Six Nations Rebels finished their regular season Sunday night at the ILA against the third place St. Catharines and win or lose, the Rebels already clinched first place in the South West Division and first place overall.
Although a nothing game, standings wise, it was a last chance for individuals to pad their statistics and for the team to enter the playoffs on a win.
The Rebels won 11-8 with Garret Vyse-Square collected two goals and three assists to lift his season stats to 29 goals and 43 assists for 72 points.
The Spartans got out of the blocks early to take a 3-2 in first period lead. There was a 10 goal scoring explosion in the second period which Six Nations got the better of to end the second frame with the Rebels leading 8-7.
Garret Vyse-Square, Travis Longboat and Sid Powless scored for Six Nations in the third with Cree Blakely scoring St. Kitts’ only goal of the period.
Vyse-Squire tops all Rebels this season with 23 goals and 43 assists for 72 points, one ahead of Travis Longboat with 71 points. Layne Smith scored 41 goals this year with 10 powerplay goals to his credit.
Five goals and an assist by Layne Smith and Danton Miller’s nine-point game powered the Six Nations Rebels past the Windsor Clippers, 13-4, Friday night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.
Shaking off their first defeat in memorable history, almost, the Rebels got right back up on the horse and continued the charge, this time against Windsor.
If there was any hope in the hearts of the Clippers leading the four-time Founders Cup Champions, 2-1, early in the game, they were pretty well dashed by the end of the first period.
Garrett Vyse-Square, Layne Smith, with two, Travis Longboat, Dandon Miller gave the Rebels a 5-2 nest-egg. The final three goals of the period were scored on Six Nation’s powerplays.
That nest egg doubled after the second period ended, 10-4, with Alex Henry and Layne Smith scoring two each, and Danton Miller’s second of the game.
The Clippers’ sails were completely out of wind in the third period as Vyse-Square, Layne Smith and Miller tacking on three more.
The Six Nations Rebels suffered their first loss of the season, 11-7, at the hands of the Niagara Thunderhawks at the Meridian Credit Union Arena last Tuesday, after a lack luster effort against the surging T-hawks. It was not only the sting of the loss but it was also a classic four pointer with the Thunderhawks close behind the Rebels and ready to pounce.
The teams were tied at 3-3 after the first before Niagara’s Dave DAgostino caught fire in the second period scoring three times with Cory Becker adding another. Layne Smith accounted for the lone Six Nations goal.
The Rebels entered the third period with the score 7-4 for the Thunderhawks and cut the deficit to 7-6 with early goals scored by Ricky Smith and Travis Longboat, but the wheels fell off the Rebels’ wagon after that and Niagara extended their lead to 11-6. The last goal of the game went to Layne Smith at 17:30.
The Rebels Drive-for-Five season now begins in earnest as Six Nations attempts an unheard of five straight Founders Cup Championships. The playoff schedule was not finalized by press time.
