New date possible for Game 2 of Minto Cup after referee dispute
Posted August 23, 2018 4:55 pm.
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Organizers of the Minto Cup hope to reschedule Game 2 of the final series of the Canadian junior-A box lacrosse championship for Thursday night.
The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but referees refused to take the floor to protest the overturning of a match penalty they had assessed at the end of Game 1.
Brampton Excelsiors star player Jeff Teat and head coach Dan Teat were both given match penalties for abusing an official at the end of Tuesday’s 11-9 loss to the Coquitlam Adanacs.
Match penalties come with an automatic three-game suspension can only be appealed based on factual error.
Brampton filed an appeal, and Jeff Teat’s suspension was overturned ahead of Wednesday’s game although Dan Teat remained banned.
Teat is the leading scorer at the tournament with 17 goals and 33 points in just four games, including a hat trick in the Game 1 defeat.
Minto Cup organizers hoped to have an announcement late Thursday afternoon on a resolution as well as a new schedule for the best-of-five series.
Game 3 was originally scheduled for Thursday night at Max Bell Arena in Calgary, with Games 4 and 5, if necessary, being held on Saturday and Sunday. Friday was originally meant to be a day off.
