Saturday night the 8-5 New England Black Wolves will pay their first visit of 2016 to the Air Canada Centre to take on the 4-9 Toronto Rock. In their only meeting this season, New England defeated Toronto 17-16 in overtime on Valentine’s Day in Connecticut. New England was led by Shawn Evans (as always) with 12 points while Rob Hellyer led the Rock (also as per usual) with 10 points….
It was a battle of last place teams but you’d never know it from the intensity on the floor Saturday night as the Toronto Rock took down the Vancouver Stealth 13-11 at the Langley Events Centre. The Rock move into a tie with the Georgia Swarm for fourth place in the East, two games back of the Rochester Knighthawks for the last playoff spot with five games remaining. Vancouver remains…
The Saskatchewan Rush have punched their ticket to the 2016 playoffs with a 13-8 win over the Toronto Rock Saturday night at the SaskTel Centre. 13,123 fans cheered on the Rush to an intense victory over the Rock, the team they beat 11-9 the night before. The Rush have secured a playoff spot and also kept pace with the Colorado Mammoth, also winners on Saturday, for first place in the…
The Canadian Lacrosse League has a new champion for the fifth time in their five years of existence. An 11-9 win by the Durham Turfdogs over the Ohsweken Demons Friday night at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa put the cap on an excellent season for the Turfdogs. “This is very rewarding,” said head coach Mat Giles. “I think it’s been a lot of hard work the last two years…
Friday night in Oshawa the Durham Turfdogs and Ohsweken Demons face off against each other at the General Motors Centre in the Creator’s Cup final game to determine the 2016 Canadian Lacrosse League champion. The Turfdogs are playing for the cup for the first time in the league’s five year history. The Demons are playing in their third straight Creator’s Cup, but lost their previous two attempts to Niagara and…
Toronto has fallen back in love with the Rock and it’s all thanks to Nick Rose. A dismal opening to the 2016 has been erased with the great play of Rose, who made 46 saves Sunday afternoon en route to defeating the visiting Vancouver Stealth 9-6 at the Air Canada Centre. Vancouver and Toronto are both last in their respective divisions. The win was just Toronto’s third of the season,…
“We kept throwing gas on the fire.” – John Lovell The Toronto Rock probably spent awhile cursing the name Curtis Dickson on Friday night. The Rock fell to 2-7 and remain in last place in the East after a 15-10 loss to Dickson’s Calgary Roughnecks at the Air Canada Centre, their first of two home games this weekend. Dickson’s sock trick led the Roughnecks to their first win since February…
The Canadian Lacrosse League will crown a new champion next week. The defending Creator’s Cup champion Barrie Blizzard were knocked out of contention for the 2016 title after a 13-12 overtime win by the Durham Turfdogs in the semi-finals. The Turfdogs will play for the championship for the first time in the league’s five year history. A thrilling back and forth overtime ended 4:38 into the extra frame when Josh…
Niagara Lock Monsters (1) vs. Ohsweken Demons (4) Sunday, March 13th, 2:00pm, Meridian Centre Season Series: 3-0 for Niagara Only six points separated the Niagara Lock Monsters and Ohsweken Demons in the final regular season standings but the two teams couldn’t be further apart. The Demons weren’t great this season sporting a record of 4-6, with three of those six losses coming against Niagara, the first place seed, including…
The Durham Turfdogs are back on track. An 11-9 win over the Southwest Cyclops Friday night at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa kept the Turfdogs in the hunt for home floor advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a record of 5-3. Lucas Coote, making a second consecutive start in goal, was active with the long pass and finished the game with five helpers on the scoresheet…