FIL Tournament Preview: Red, Green, Orange Divisions

July 5, 2014

As we prepare for the FIL tournament, we will preview three different divisions each day leading up to the games. Today we highlight the Red, Green and Orange Divisions. Red Austria: This is Austria’s second FIL tournament after their national team founded in 2008 for the European championships. They finished 21st last year overall after winning one game in group play (over Argentina) and winning two low bracket games. They were in…

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MSL Trade Deadline: Mike Poulin Traded to Brooklin Redmen

July 3, 2014

The Brooklin Redmen made a splash yesterday at the 2014 Major Series Lacrosse trade deadline as they acquired goaltender Mike Poulin from the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks. The Redmen also added Mike Teeter, a lefty forward. Going to the Kodiaks is transition player Joel Matthews, forward Matt Melnychenko, and goaltender Steve Fryer. In an odd twist to the trade, Poulin will have the option to go back to the Kodiaks at the…

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Junior Lacrosse Notebook: Dubenski, Rahe Traded

July 2, 2014

The News The BCJALL made some trades this week as the trade deadline came to an end. The Coquitlam Adanacs were the most active, first acquiring goaltender Peter Dubenski and scorer Brett Hawrys from the Nanaimo Timbermen. Going to Nanaimo is Mitch McDole and Tyson Walker along with rights to Colin Winship and Connor Sutton from the Intermediate level. Nanaimo also gets a fourth rounder from the midget draft. The…

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Voyageurs Split Weekend With Extreme and Mohawks

June 30, 2014

The Vermont Voyageurs won their first game this weekend but lost on Sunday, going 1-1 on the weekend and staying in third place overall in the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League. Vermont trailed 5-3 after one period in their contest against the Sherbrooke Extreme. However, they held the Extreme to just two goals for the rest of the entire game to take home a 10-7 victory. Kyle Baker had six points…

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Rattlers Roll Past Outlaws 19-14

June 30, 2014

The Denver Outlaws suffered their second loss of the season as they fell to the second place Rochester Rattlers 19-14. Denver opened the scoring with a goal from Jeremy Sieverts, but proceeded to trail for the rest of the game. Rochester scored seven straight goals in between the first and second quarter to take a 7-1 lead. Dave Lawson scored three of those goals while three rookies, Jordan Wolf, Mark Cockerton…

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Team USA Has Tough Decisions After Final Scrimmage

June 28, 2014

Team USA has to cut their roster down to 23 by Monday, and Richie Meade along with his team of coaches have a lot of work to do before they make their decisions. On Thursday night, USA’s roster had one last chance for players to make a case for themselves as they defeated Team MLL 10-9 at Harvard Stadium. USA struggled on many levels, trailing for the majority of the…

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Junior Notebook: Salmonbellies Acquire Goaltender Eric Penney

June 28, 2014

The News According to reports, the 17-1 New Westminster Junior Salmonbellies have acquired goaltender Eric Penney from the St. Catharines Athletics. Penney, who was a 2013 NLL draft pick to the Buffalo Bandits, is expected to be available on Sunday for the Bellies’ game against Burnaby. Penney leads the Ontario Lacrosse Association’s Junior A circuit with 356 saves this season and owns a 9.21 goals against average. New Westminster has…

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Axemen Hand Mohawks Second Loss

June 27, 2014

The Ottawa Axemen and Kahnawake Mohawks battled last night in what was the top Quebec Senior Lacrosse League game of the year thus far. Both teams went into the contest at 8-1 and tied for first place in the league. Kahnawake led 3-1 after the first period but the Axemen exploded to score five in the second and led 6-5. The Axemen continued with a strong third period as they…

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Chicago Outlaws Player Zack Dorn Wins Hardest Shot Contest

June 27, 2014

Never heard of the Continental Indoor Lacrosse League? They earned their 15 minutes of fame last night when Chicago Outlaws player Zack Dorn won the MLL hardest shot contest as a fan participant. Last season with the Outlaws, Dorn had eight goals and five assists for 13 points on the season and nine ground balls. The Outlaws open their season on August 2 against their rival Grand Rapids Dragonfish. Below, we…

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Team USA Edges Past MLL All Stars 10-9

June 27, 2014

It may have been low scoring, but the 2014 MLL All Star game lived up to the hype. Team USA was sloppy for most of the game but they still took home a 10-9 victory over Team MLL thanks to a goal from Rob Pannell with six seconds left in the game. The first quarter ended at 2-2 with Kevin Leveille of the Rochester Rattlers scoring both goals for USA. The…

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