1. Nanaimo Timbermen Record: 2-0-0 Goal Differential: +5 Last Week: 8-6 W at Victoria, 12-9 (OT) W vs. Victoria This Week: vs. New Westminster, at New Westminster Nanaimo is the talk of the league this week, thanks to their two wins over rivals and defending champions Victoria. These wins are huge for the confidence of the T-Men, who have stockpiled a lot of young…
While the WLA regular season is slowly kicking into form, some players have hit the ground running with great starts to their season. With surprising results – Victoria starting 0-2 is the big headline out west – brought surprising performances from unheralded players. Nanaimo got a lot of productivity over their trio of Brody Eastwood, Cody Bremner and Mitch Parker, New Westminster looks rock solid defensively, while Burnaby and Maple…
Season previews seem to be the most objectionable piece of sports writing out there these days (I’ll concede that a lot of the time it’s true), but they do provide a framework for a season preview. It’s somewhat easier to do so given there’s only seven teams in the WLA – not to mention the fact that Shamrocks have been the benchmark for the past couple seasons – but given…
1. Youth movement needs to find its legs The Vancouver Stealth had a rebuild of sorts this year, originally to be centred around Johnny Powless. Once Powless instead decided to stay in Ontario, those plans quickly changed. Vancouver was lucky to receive a player like Logan Schuss back for Powless, who disappointed in his short tenure with the Stealth. General manager Doug Locker also brought in young reinforcements in…
In a rematch of one of the more entertaining games this year, the Buffalo Bandits host the Vancouver Stealth at the First Niagara Center. Both teams are making a push for the playoffs, with the Bandits firmly in third place of the East Division. Vancouver comes into the game with a 5-11 record and last place in the West with a game in hand on Calgary. With the Roughnecks on…
The Vancouver Stealth kept pace with the surging Calgary Roughnecks in the hunt for the third playoff spot in the NLL’s West Division with a huge 11-9 win over the New England Black Wolves Sunday afternoon. Stealth head coach Dan Perreault said his team’s buy-in showed on Sunday as they fought tooth and nail for a potentially season-saving win. The pressure situation the Stealth thrived under yesterday was a great…
Tonight’s game is a case study of two teams going in complete opposite directions. The Toronto Rock host the Vancouver Stealth tonight at the Air Canada Centre, but the rest of the season may just be a formality for the East Division leading Rock. Toronto sports the best record in the league at 11-4, but Vancouver has lost five straight, allowing the Calgary Roughnecks to overcome an 0-6 start to…
The Johnny Powless era is over in Vancouver, but did it ever really get off the ground? The 22-year old lefty was shipped to the Minnesota Swarm after just 11 games in the black and red. Coming Vancouver’s way is hometown kid Logan Schuss. Schuss, 24, is a different breed than Powless. He’s a much bigger player and plays that way, too. But there is more to his game; he…
With the first team clinching an NLL playoff berth in Toronto, the race to the playoffs has seemingly kicked off. Each game has a little more importance, a little more meaning to it. Almost the entire league is in the thick of the playoff race in both divisions, making divisional games like Vancouver vs Colorado all the more intense. The Stealth are in Colorado, needing a win after a lacklustre…
The Vancouver Stealth will look to win their fourth home game in a row as they host the Colorado Mammoth in a game that has playoff implications. It is BCLA Night at the Langley Events Centre and the Stealth will wear special jerseys that are designed with the red, blue and yellow that don the flag of British Columbia. Vancouver will have a significant backing behind them and will need…