1st Star – Corey Small, Victoria Shamrocks Small has continued his great run of play from the NLL season – where he was arguably the Stealth’s best player down the stretch – to his time with the Shamrocks. Coming off a seven point night (three goals, four assists), Small is providing the Shamrocks with a great scoring option on the left side. He’s scoring goals in a variety of ways,…
1. Victoria Shamrocks (LW – 2) Record: 6-2-0 Goal Differential: +21 Last Week: 10-9 W vs. Coquitlam, 10-9 (OT) W vs Maple Ridge This Week: vs. New Westminster, vs. Coquitlam, vs. New Westminster The Shamrocks closed out two tough games against opponents up to the task of trying to upset the defending champions, but life won’t get any easier for the green and white. Victoria has reclaimed a…
1st Star—Jason Jones, Burnaby Lakers Jones is off to a great start to the season, as I alluded to in yesterday’s WLA Power Rankings. Jones, who’s spent time with Coquitlam as well, is still a young lefty who makes an impact when he’s on the floor for the Lakeshow. He missed Tuesday’s low-scoring 5-4 overtime win over the Maple Ridge Burrards, a reason why he’s so important to Burnaby’s prospects…
1. New Westminster Salmonbellies (LW – 2) Record: 6-1-0 Goal Differential: +23 Last Week: 7-6 W vs. Maple Ridge, 8-6 L vs. Langley This Week: vs. Coquitlam Despite losing their first game of the season to the Langley Thunder last night, and my previous hesitance to put them at number one at any point, the ‘Bellies make their debut at the top of these power rankings. Last Sunday’s game…
1. Coquitlam Adanacs (11-1) Last Week: 17-5 W vs. Port Coquitlam This Week: vs. New Westminster The Adanacs continue to roll as the BCJALL’s most feared team and they proved they can win in a couple different ways. But one thing remains the same no matter what type of game they play: they defend incredibly well and they get great goaltending for Christian del Bianco, who is sporting…
1st Star – Jesse King, Victoria Shamrocks King had a great week, scoring 10 points (six goals, four assists) as the Shamrocks are beginning to take their play to another level. He led the Shamrocks with four goals in their 16-6 drubbing of the Thunder and got him into a tie for third in goals with nine overall. He’s also forcing teams from putting extra pressure on any one offensive…
1. Victoria Shamrocks (LW – 1) Record: 4-2-0 Goal Differential: +19 Last Week: 12-11 W vs. Maple Ridge, 16-6 W at Langley This Week: None This week was more like the status quo for the Shamrocks, who showed some veteran moxy in holding off the Burrards for a big 12-11 win and following it up with a blowout of Langley. As long as guys like Cory Conway, Corey Small and Rhys Duch keep filling the…
1st star – Anthony Malcom, Langley Thunder The third overall pick in this year’s WLA Draft, Malcom has hit the ground running in his rookie season of WLA summer ball. Malcom is tied with Corey Small for the WLA lead in goals with nine in his first four games of the season. He’s found a place in an underrated Langley offence, playing alongside veterans Athan Iannucci, Alex Turner and Ontario product…
1. Victoria Shamrocks (Last week – 3) Record: 2-2-0 Goal Differential: +8 Last Week: 11-5 W vs. Burnaby, 13-6 W @ Maple Ridge This Week: vs. Maple Ridge, @ Langley The Shamrocks got back on track and are starting to see most of their line-up return. After a pair of deserving wins over playoff clubs Burnaby and Maple Ridge, it seems as if the two early season losses…
Goaltender Tyler Richards retired from professional lacrosse over Twitter (@TRichards00) on May 21 after a successful career playing one of sport’s notoriously thankless positions. Richards made the difficult decision after sustaining three concussions over five years from taking shots to his head. He told The Province’s Steve Ewen the last shot, from Jeremy Noble of the Colorado Mammoth on March 29 was on the chin, which knocked his head forward….