Lakers To Host Mann Cup After Defeating Chiefs

August 26, 2012

The Peterborough Lakers have been on fire. Literally. On Friday night, the Peterborough Examiner reported a small fire broke out in the roof of the Memorial Centre where the Lakers play their home games. Saturday’s game five of the MSL finals was always scheduled to be held in Six Nations, but the question was whether the Chiefs would come out firing, or if the red hot Lakers could finish off…

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Thunder Go Up 2-1 on Adanacs

August 24, 2012

Last night the Langley Thunder went up two games to one in their Western Lacrosse Association finals to the Coquitlam Adanacs with a 9-5 win. Both teams were tied at five going into the third, but the Thunder would score four and shut out the Adanacs in the final frame. The Adanacs got two goals and two assists from Kevin Olson on a night where their offense struggled. Lewis Ratcliff…

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Adanacs Tie Up WLA Finals

August 22, 2012

Last night the Coquitlam Adanacs got back into their series with the Langley Thunder, tying the Western Lacrosse Association Finals at one. In Coquitlam, the Adanacs were led by Dane Dobbie who scored three goals and had two assists. Jason Jones and Ross Halliday also had two goals a piece. Daryl Veltman had three assists. For the Thunder, who fell 9-8, Athan Iannucci led with four goals and Lewis Ratcliff…

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Thunder Ride MacDonald to Win Over Adanacs

August 20, 2012

In the Western Lacrosse Association, the Langley Thunder and the Coquitlam Adanacs have been on a collision course virtually all season long. The dream series for BC lacrosse fans started on Sunday night in Langley as the defending WLA champions hosted the surging Adanacs. While the Thunder swept their opening round series against Burnaby, Coquitlam needed two extra games, and saw two others go to overtime, before making their way…

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WLA Final Preview: Coquitlam Vs. Langley

August 17, 2012

On Wednesday night the Coquitlam Adanacs punched their ticket to the WLA final after defeating the Victoria Shamrocks 8-7 in game 6 of their first round series. The WLA final will be between the Coquitlam Adanacs and the Langley Thunder. Langley is no stranger to the WLA final after winning the WLA championship last year and advancing to the Mann Cup. Coquitlam on the other hand has had a remarkable…

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WLA Recap: Coquitlam edges Victoria in Overtime to take game 5.

August 15, 2012

On Tuesday night game 5 of the playoff series between the Coquitlam Adanacs and the Victoria Shamrocks took place.  The Adanacs had a 2-0 lead in the series but Victoria has been able to fight back and tie the series at 2-2. The winner of this game will take the lead in the series and be one game closer to advancing to the WLA final. Coquitlam got off to fast…

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WLA Final Preview: Who will Langley Face?

August 13, 2012

With the Langley Thunder advancing to the WLA final last week there is only one question on their mind who are they going to face. Coquitlam and Victoria are still battling to advance to the finals. Coquitlam looked like they were on their way to a sweep by winning the first two games of the series but Victoria has come back to tie up the series.  So let’s take a…

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WLA Playoff Recap: Langley Sweeps Burnaby to advance to WLA Finals

August 10, 2012

On Thursday night the Langley Thunder took on the Burnaby Lakers in game 4 of their first round playoff series. Langley was looking for a win to close out the series and complete the sweep while Burnaby was looking to stay alive with a win. The first period began with Burnaby on the power play after Langley took a high sticking penalty just 37 seconds into the game. Langley though…

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WLA Playoff Recap: Coquitlam takes 2-0 lead over Victoria

August 9, 2012

On Wednesday night the Coquitlam Adanacs and Victoria Shamrocks played game 2 of their playoff series. Coquitlam looked to gain another win and take a 2-0 lead in the series while Victoria hoped to even up the series. Coquitlam got this game going early in the first period as Dane Dobbie scored just 45 seconds into the game to give Coquitlam a 1-0 lead. Just a minute later Coquitlam would…

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WLA Playoff Recap: Langley takes a 3-0 series lead

August 8, 2012

Game three of Burnaby and Langley’s playoff series took place on Tuesday night. Langley was looking to gain their third win in the series and push Burnaby to the edge of elimination. While Burnaby tried to rally by winning Tuesdays match. Langey drew first blood in the game as 5 minutes into the first period Kerry Shusheki scored to make it 1-0 for Langley. The game would then turn into…

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