July 21 brought the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League trade deadline. Traditionally a time when teams outside of the playoffs, or looking to the future, grant their graduating players a chance at a playoff run in exchange for prospects or draft capital. Yes, the 2025 version had some of that, but some surprises as well. It’s no surprise the St Catharines Athletics went after the biggest names on the board. They…
WLA: Thunder fall to Burrards 7-4
The race for the fourth and final playoff spot took a hit for the Langley Thunder. Matched against the Maple Ridge Burrards on Wednesday night at Langley Events Centre, it was the visitors scoring the 7-4 win, improving the Burrards to 4-5-2 and 10 points, two better than the fifth-place Thunder, who sit at 4-7-0 and eight points. Both teams have seven regular season games remaining, although Wednesday’s result gives…
NCAA: Big Red claim DI title; Adelphi, Tufts take DII and DIII
Division 1 Men’s Championship Memorial Day Monday was a good day to wear red as both teams playing in the Division I championship use red in their logos. Red, the color of fire and passion. The color of blood. The color of the winning Cornell University with their decisive 13-10 victory over Maryland. This fiery matchup was the first time 1 and 2 seeded teams played against each other in…
WLA: Scanlan scores 5, Khan makes 52 saves as Langley doubles up Burnaby 12-6
While their offence scored four times each period, the Langley Thunder defence and goaltending continued to get stingier as the game went on, doubling up the Burnaby Lakers 12-6 on Wednesday night. The two Western Lacrosse Association rivals were playing at Langley Events Centre for the second time in three weeks — with the Thunder winning both – to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Lakers fell to 0-4….
MSL: Lakers suffer first loss at hands of previously winless Rock
The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers had their five-game win streak snapped on Thursday night with a 9-7 loss to the Oakville Rock at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. After going back and forth for the first 40 minutes, Peterborough led 7-6 in the third period. Tyler Hendrycks tied the game on an outside shot before Sam Leclair’s second goal of the the game gave Oakville a one-goal lead. Leclair scooped up…
NLL: Bandits cruise in game three, complete three-peat
Three-peat complete. Dynasty solidified. History made. The Buffalo Bandits are your 2024-2025 NLL Champions, their seventh championship in franchise history and third consecutive. The Bandits became the first franchise in league history to get to seven championships and are only the second team in league history to complete the three-peat. There is one constant between both franchises that completed the three-peat, that being Matt Vinc. Vinc was the goaltender with…
NLL: Rush Force Game 3 With 11-10 Win Over Bandits
The Saskatchewan Rush beat the Buffalo Bandits 11-10 in Game 2 of the NLL Finals on Sunday night, forcing a decisive Game 3 this Saturday. In a game where neither team had more than a three-goal lead at any point, it was the hometown Rush who finished the strongest. The last time the Bandits lost a playoff game was May 29, 2023, when the Colorado Mammoth beat them 16-10 in…
NLL: Bandits Take Game One
For the fifth consecutive season, the NLL Finals came to us from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The hometown Buffalo Bandits welcomed the Saskatchewan Rush for a clash of the league’s top two teams. Moreover, it would be a rematch of the 2016 NLL Finals that saw Saskatchewan beat the Bandits. This year was a bit different, as the Rush were looking towards “destiny” as they looked to return…
NLL: Rush Advance to Finals After Wild Game 2 Finish
The Saskatchewan Rush are headed to the NLL Finals after sweeping their best-of-three series against the Halifax Thunderbirds. But the outcome was not a sure thing—a flurry of goals in the final 3:23 of the second game nearly resulted in Halifax forcing a Game Three. Instead, the Rush tied the game in the dying seconds, and won 10-9 in overtime. The game looked like it might be a blowout in…
NLL: Buffalo sweeps Vancouver, punches ticket to fifth-straight Finals
The second round of the NLL Playoffs came to us from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York on Friday night. The hometown Bandits welcomed the Vancouver Warriors for the first game of the best-of-three series. The path that these two clubs took to get to this point was vastly different. Buffalo defeated San Diego 5-4, in the lowest scoring game in history, while Vancouver exploded for 15 goals in their…