GAME OF THE WEEK: Shamrocks take trip to the swamp

The Swamp wasn't the easiest place for the Shamrocks to play at the start of the year, with the club falling to an upstart Lakers team 10-6 on the opening weekend of the regular season. They'll look for some revenge on Burnaby's home floor tonight at 5 PM.

Of course, the two teams have played since then, the Lakers losing 18-11 at The Q Centre. Time is running out on Burnaby's playoff push and tonight would be a great opportunity to start building another streak that would hopefully catapult them into that desired final 5th playoff spot. 

HEAD-TO-HEAD

APRIL 23, 2017 -- LAKERS 10-6

MAY 6, 2017 -- SHAMROCKS 18-11 

GAME DETAILS 

5 PM, BILL COPELAND ARENA

STREAMING ON PLAYFULLSCREEN

Murky Outlook

The Lakers have had an impressive middle of the season, picking up some key wins along the way, but they still find themselves on the outside looking in despite having a game or 2 in hand on most of the teams sitting ahead of them. 

They will theoretically need to win four or five of their final seven games to give themselves a legitimate shot of jumping one of Langley, Victoria or Port Coquitlam.

That process could be started today with a win over the Shamrocks, who currently sit four games ahead of Burnaby. 

A Lucky Clover for Victoria? 

Those who watched last night's see-saw battle with the Langley Thunder wouldn't agree with the above headline, but the season has had some strokes of luck for Victoria along the away. 

With a win tonight, they could distance themselves from Burnaby probably for the rest of the season, and maybe then they will see the pot of gold (and purple, as Adanacs fans would let you know) at the end of the rainbow. 

In their 18-11 victory the last time over Burnaby, the Rocks got balanced scoring through Brian Robb (4G 3A), Ben Preston (2G 4A) and Brad McCulley (4G).

PREDICTION: 14-7 Shamrocks