Anna Taylor

PHOTOS: Vancouver Warriors @ Oshawa FireWolves, December 19

January 3, 2026

On December 19, 2025, the Oshawa FireWolves held their first teddy bear toss at Tribute Communities Centre. Oshawa started the game hot, leading 4-1 after the first period. The teddy bear toss was supposed to be after the FireWolves’s first goal in the second period, but it was Vancouver scoring the only goal in a quiet frame, postponing the toss to after halftime. Taggart Clark scored the teddy bear goal…

Tucker Out Lymphoma Cup Returns

December 29, 2025

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The Oshawa Firewolves, Buffalo Bandits, and Las Vegas Desert Dogs today announced they will battle it out for the second annual Tucker Out Lymphoma Cup during the 2025-26 NLL season. The multi-game in-season series won by the Bandits last season, honors the life of Tucker Williams and his 11-month battle with Burkitt’s Lymphoma. Tucker is the son of Desert Dogs head coach and general manager Shawn Williams and the younger brother of FireWolves…

MSL: Lakers suffer first loss at hands of previously winless Rock

June 6, 2025

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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…

World Lacrosse: Haudenosaunee claim bronze over Australia

July 4, 2023

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This writer swore up and down that the Haudenosaunee would take the gold medal at this year’s World Men’s Lacrosse Championships. They were stacked. They had the energy. They had the crowd on their side. And they had Austin Staats. Well, that didn’t happen, but the Haudenosaunee did win their last game of the tournament, taking the bronze medal over Australia 11-6 at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium. “We knew we…

NLL: Roughnecks reach milestones in final regular season win over PCLC

April 22, 2023

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In what could likely be a first round West Conference playoff preview, the Calgary Roughnecks defeated the Panther City Lacrosse Club 13-12 on Friday night at Dickies Arena. It was a powerful come-from-behind win for the Roughnecks, who sit in second place in the West, with PCLC in third. It was the last regular season game for both clubs as the season dwindles to its conclusion, and Calgary, who can…

NLL: Knighthawks outlast Riptide in second longest NLL game ever

March 1, 2023

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“I feel like I’ve been through a war, so I can’t imagine what the players feel like today,” laughed Rochester Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen on Sunday morning. He and six of his Knighthawks’ players arrived at Champs Sports Bar and Grill in downtown Peterborough Sunday morning at 11 a.m. to receive their Mann Cup championship rings. They had beaten the New York Riptide 11-10 just 13 hours earlier in…

NLL: Riptide’s personnel changes don’t pan out in loss to Rochester

January 16, 2023

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The New York Riptide look a little different this week. After their third consecutive loss, the team made some cosmetic changes they hope will provide some deeper results. However, the changes will have to play out over the long run, as they fell to 0-4 after a Sunday afternoon 11-8 loss to Rochester. First, they fired general manager Jim Veltman and named executive vice president Rich Lisk as the interim…

NLL: Riptide fall as Thunderbirds set team record for goals

December 22, 2022

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The New York Riptide were hoping for better results in the first part of the 2022-23 NLL season, but they find themselves at 0-2 in the East Conference and in last place. They were one goal away from defeating the much talked about San Diego Seals in their opener, but suffered mightily at the hands of the Halifax Thunderbirds this past weekend, falling 20-11. Eleven goals is pretty decent –…

NLL: Disappointment for Warriors in opening game loss to Rock

December 7, 2022

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Off-season changes for the Vancouver Warriors didn’t pan out in game one of the 2022-23 NLL season, a devastating 19-8 loss to the Toronto Rock on Saturday night at FirstOntario Centre. The Warriors, who have finished last in the West Division each year since 2016 (when they were still the Stealth and playing in Langley), made changes this summer that they hoped would turn the team’s luck around. Mitch Jones…

NLL: Guaranteed win night pays off for Rock

December 5, 2022

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“The boys saved Jamie some money here tonight,” smiled Toronto Rock head coach Matt Sawyer on Saturday night after his team won their home opener 19-8 over the Vancouver Warriors at FirstOntario Centre. Team owner and general manager Jamie Dawick had guaranteed the fans a win, meaning if the Rock had lost, every fan in attendance would receive a ticket to a future game free of charge. But it only…

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