After an exciting Final Four double header yesterday that included two overtime games, the Creator’s Cup Final is set to go. The sixth ranked Iroquois Ironmen will battle it out with the second seeded Toronto Shooting Stars for the Canadian Lacrosse League title. Toronto is technically the home team in this one but they certainly won’t have home floor advantage as the championship game is being held at the Iroquois…
The Canadian Lacrosse League Final Four will take place today in Hagersville Ontario at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA). Game 1 will go at 1pm and as the sixth seeded Iroquois Ironmen battle the first place Niagara Lock Monsters. This game will feature seven of the league’s top 25 scorers with six of them being from the Lock Monsters. Niagara’s Corey Fowler led the league with 32 goals and…
On Saturday the Durham TurfDogs will take on the Toronto Shooting Stars in the most anticipated Canadian Lacrosse game of the year. This Final Four matchup will feature several of the game’s top players as well as some of the toughest guys in the league; a lethal combination that would make any lacrosse fan salivate. Toronto has lost four of their last five games and have looked shaky since losing…
The sixth seeded Iroquois Ironmen will continue their Cinderella story on Saturday when they face the number one ranked Niagara Lock Monsters in the Canadian Lacrosse League’s semi finals. The Ironmen have been on a tear as of late winning their last three games including a 15-14 thriller versus the Ohsweken Demons last Sunday. Chris Attwood scored as the final buzzer sounded to send him his team to this weekend’s…
Sometimes it’s outside the arena where it matters most and two guys making a difference right now are Rochester Knighthawks defender Brad Self and Calgary Roughnecks forward Shawn Evans. The Peterborough Ontario natives are the co-founders of Nationwide Lacrosse, a children’s camp they plan to take across Canada. Their motto is “Dream. Believe. Achieve” and they are hoping that each child who participates in their camp will not only reach…
For the second year in a row the Iroquois Ironmen will play in the Canadian Lacrosse League’s Final Four which will be held Saturday on their home turf at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA). The Ironmen made it through to the quarter final round in dramatic fashion with a 15-14 victory over the defending champion Ohsweken Demons in a rematch of last year’s Creator’s Cup finals. Chris Attwood, last year’s…
The Canadian Lacrosse League’s post season kicked off last night as the fifth ranked Durham TurfDogs travelled to Brampton to take on the fourth ranked Inferno in quarter final action. Both teams stepped up their game and the fans were treated four quarters of back and forth lacrosse in which the TurfDogs came out on top 11-9. Durham will now advance to the CLax Final Four which will be held…
The Canadian Lacrosse League quarter finals are set to begin with two games this weekend. The first game is on Friday night when the Durham TurfDogs face the Brampton Inferno while the second game goes Sunday and sees the Ohsweken Demons take on their biggest rivals, the Iroquois Ironmen, in a rematch of last year’s Creator’s Cup final. Ohsweken’s regular season was book ended with two wins over Iroquois but…
Rochester Knighthawks forward Cory Vitarelli joined Over and Back with Scott Arnold on Monday night to talk about his season with the Hawks, coming off a championship and playing with the Peterborough Lakers. “It’s heat of the moment” he said about his trademark diving goals. “Every time that I have to score doing that I’m happy it goes in” “The Minto in 2006” Vitarelli said of which championship was the…
The Canadian Lacrosse League playoffs kick off on Friday night when the 4th ranked Brampton Inferno host the 5th ranked Durham TurfDogs at the Powerade Centre. This quarter final matchup will mark the fourth time these teams have met with the visiting team winning all three regular season games (one of the games was in Cobourg but the Inferno were technically the home team). Brampton won the season series but…