WLA Playoff Recap

August 5, 2012

The WLA Playoffs are now in full swing. So far Langley has defeated Burnaby in the first game of their playoff series as Langley won 9-8. On Friday night Langley and Burnaby were back in action while on Saturday night Victoria and Coquitlam kicked off their playoff series. On Friday night Langley and Burnaby kicked off game 2 of their series. Langley was looking to gain a 2-0 lead in…

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WLA Playoff Preview: (2) Victoria Vs.(3) Coquitlam

August 3, 2012

On Saturday night the Victoria Shamrocks and Coquitlam Adanacs kick off their playoff series. The two teams met three times this season with Coquitlam winning the season series 2-1. All three game between these teams were close so it will be a great battle between the two teams in this series. The Adanacs are the surprise team of 2012 after finishing in last in 2011 they have rebounded and have…

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Thunder Top Lakers in WLA Playoffs Opener

August 2, 2012

Last night was the first night of the Western Lacrosse Association playoffs, and it was game one between the Langley Thunder and Burnaby Lakers. The Thunder won the game, 9-8, on a goal from Lewis Ratcliff with 35 seconds left in the game. The score was tied 6-6 in the second period after a couple of two goal runs from each team. The third period did not see any scoring…

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WLA Playoff Preview: (1) Langley Thunder Vs. (4) Burnaby Lakers

August 1, 2012

The WLA playoffs kick off on Wednesday night as the fourth place Burnaby Lakers take on the first place Langley Thunder in the first round of the WLA playoffs. Langley won the season series between these two teams 2-1. Langley beat Burnaby 13-7 and 8-7 while Burnaby won the first game between the teams 6-4 in overtime. This will be a closely fought series and will be no easy win…

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WLA Recap:Langley, Victoria, Coquitlam and Burnaby advance to the playoffs.

July 30, 2012

With the WLA season wrapping up this weekend there were only three games on the schedule. The first two games were on Saturday night as the Victoria Shamrocks took on the Nanaimo Timbermen and the Coquitlam Adanacs took on the Burnaby Lakers. On Sunday night the Maple Ridge Burrards took on the New Westminster Salmonbellies in a must in game for New Westminster if they hoped to make the playoffs….

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WLA Update: Langley and Victoria emerge Victorious

July 28, 2012

There were two games on the WLA Schedule Friday night as the Nanaimo Timbermen took on the Victoria Shamrocks while the Langley Thunder took on the Burnaby Lakers.  With the WLA season winding to a close each game has become more important as the teams battle for the playoffs. The first game on Friday pitted the Victoria Shamrocks against the Nanaimo Timbermen. Victoria and Nanaimo have only met once this…

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Langley taken to their limit in 12-11 win over Maple Ridge

July 26, 2012

On Wednesday night the WLA was back in action with the second place Langley Thunder taking on the last place Maple Ridge Burrards. Langley has won both games against Maple Ridge this year and were looking for another win in order to move back into first place in the WLA. While Maple Ridge were trying to play spoiler against Langley and upset them in order to show the WLA that…

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Burnaby outlast Nanaimo for 11-10 win

July 23, 2012

On Sunday night the Burnaby Lakers took on the Nanaimo Timbermen. As the WLA season continues to wind down the playoff race has started to heat up.  This was an important game for both teams as Burnaby needed a win in order to keep pace with the Victoria Shamrocks and continue to hold 4th place and the final playoff spot in the WLA. While Nanaimo needs a win desperately after…

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WLA Recap: Coquitlam move into first place while Langley falters against Victoria

July 22, 2012

On Saturday night there were two games on the WLA schedule with both having major implications on the WLA playoff picture. The Langley Thunder took on the Victoria Shamrocks while the Coquitlam Adanacs took on the Nanaimo Timbermen. The first game on Saturday night was between the Langley Thunder and the Victoria Shamrocks. The game began with Langley taking advantage on the power play as Athan Iannucci scored in order…

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Shamrocks and Thunder Face Off in WLA Action

July 21, 2012

With only a few games left before the playoffs, the Victoria Shamrocks will take on the Langley Thunder tonight in Western Lacrosse Association action. Both the Thunder and Shamrocks are coming off of losses; the Thunder fell to the New Westminster Salmonbellies and the Shamrocks to the Maple Ridge Burrards. Victoria has the top power play in the league with two of the top three scorers in Corey Small and…

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