The McGill Redmen were rewarded for their perfect 10-0 season with nine selections on the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association’s 2013 All-Canadian team. Bishop’s filled four of the remaining five slots on the East Division squad, with Carleton midfielder Jay Gallant the lone representative from outside of the pair of Quebec teams.
Guelph led the way in the West Division with six All-Canadians, while the first-place Brock Badgers placed four on the West team. University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto each have two All-Canadians.
Bishop’s, which finished second it the East, rounded out its four East selections with six of the 10 honourable mention recipients in the division. Queen’s had two honourable mentions, McGill and Trent one each. Brock led the West honourable-mention parade with five. Guelph and Western had two each and U of T one.
Brock’s Kyle Davis led the West Division and all of CUFLA in scoring with 34 goals and 28 assists for 62 points in 12 games. Alex Henderson topped the East and led all CUFLA players in points per game. Henderson scored 22 goals and added 30 assists for 52 points, an average of 5.2 per game.
McGill and Brock earned byes to the semi-finals of the CUFLA championship tournament, the Baggataway Cup, this Saturday at Molson Stadium in Montreal. Bishop’s will be playing Guelph and Western takes on Queen’s in the quarter-finals Friday to determine their opponents. All games can be seen in live webcasts with play-by-play announcer Stephen Stamp from Inside Lacrosse, via Streaming Sports Network. IL will also have exclusive coverage of the event from Stamp.
CUFLA 2013 All-Canadians
East Division
Attack: Alex Henderson (Bishop’s), Alex Rohrbach (McGill), Kevin Donovan (McGill)
Midfield: Connor Goodwin (McGill), Jay Gallant (Carleton), Andre Laleune (Bishop’s)
Face-off specialist: Brandon McLean (McGill)
Defensive midfield: Ossie Long (McGill)
Long-stick midfield: Quinton Bradley (McGill)
Defense: Hayden Nix (McGill), Paul Rakoczy (McGill), Nicholas Brands (Bishop’s)
Goalkeeper: Riley McGillis (McGill)
West Division
Attack: Jordan Critch (Guelph), Ryan Serville (Guelph), Brandon Slade (Brock)
Midfield: Michael Buwalda (UoT), Connor Deuchars (Guelph), Curtis Knight (Guelph)
Face-off specialist: Ben Van Galen (Guelph)
Defensive midfield: Mark Debrone (Brock)
Long-stick midfield: Ben Van Galen (Guelph)
Defense: Eric Pitre (Western), Justin Pychel (Brock), Corey Wright (UoT)
Goalkeeper: Zach Grace (Western)
Baggataway Schedule
Friday, Nov. 1
Queen’s vs. Western, 6 p.m.
Guelph vs. Bishop’s, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 2
TBD vs. McGill, 2 p.m.
TBD vs. Brock, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 3
Championship, 12:30 p.m.
