Lakers Off To Historically Bad Start

On paper, the Wallaceburg Lakers look to have one of their better rosters in recent years, but that hasn’t stopped them from coming out of the gate to one of the slowest starts in that time span.

The Lakers are winless through their first 15 games, including a 5-2 loss to the Essex 73s Tuesday night.

They sit with a record of 0-13-0-2.

Last season, in 2017-2018 the Lakers finished with 3 wins, earning their first win only 3 games into the season.

In 2016-2017, Wallaceburg had a win and a tie in their first 10 games.

Going back to 2015-2016, the Lakers lost their first 12, but then went on a three game winning streak, collecting 3 wins by the same point the current Lakers sit.

In fact, the last time the Wallaceburg Lakers took this long to collect their first win was 2013-2014, when Wallaceburg didn’t win their first until 17 games into the season. That year, they finished with a 5-34-1 record, 23 points out of a playoff spot.

Wallaceburg last recorded double digit wins in 2012-2013, and last made the playoffs in 2009-2010.