According to Teddy Jenner via Twitter, the Victoria Shamrocks have re-signed Rhys Duch and Corey Small. Both Small and Duch are now members of the Vancouver Stealth in British Columbia as well. Duch and Small were both tied for the most points in the Western Lacrosse Association last season when they had 76 points. Impressively, Duch did it in 16 games while Small did in 18. The Shamrocks were led…
While the Victoria Shamrocks have acquired goaltender Matt Roik earlier this month, they traded away the rights of goalie Riley Camazzola to the Coquitlam Adanacs in exchange for a fifth round pick last year. The Shamrocks are set with goalies, having Roik and Cody Hadgdorn. Camazzola was drafted by the Shamrocks out of the junior Adanacs organization in the 2015 Western Lacrosse Assiociation draft. Last season Camazzola played 16 games…
The Western Lacrosse Association announced yesterday that the New Westminster Salmonbellies have traded goaltender Matt Roik to the Victoria Shamrocks in exchange for a fourth round draft pick in 2016. The Shamrocks are coming off of their second straight WLA championship and Mann Cup appearance. Goaltender Matt Flindell has recently announced via Twitter that he has retired from lacrosse, so this move could be to replace him on the roster….
The Western Lacrosse Association holds their draft in a few hours, and one thing is for certain; the Coquitlam Adanacs will take University of Denver and Jr Adanac Wes Berg. After that? The draft is as wide open as it’s ever been. The Nanaimo Timbermen have picks at numbers 2, 7, 8, and 9, so that’s the other storyline of the draft. Of course, there are other teams too, and…
The Victoria Shamrocks have been a top-notch club in the WLA for many years. The end of the 2014 season was a testament to the fact that they can compete with the best of the best, as they made it to their second straight Mann Cup finals, where they were once again beat out by an unbelievable Six Nations team. One evident difference in both years was the Shamrocks lack…
The Western Lacrosse Association has announced their schedule for the 2015 season. 2015 Complete WLA League Schedule Fri 22-May Nanaimo at Victoria 7:45 Sun 24-May Victoria at Nanaimo 7:00 Sun 24-May Burnaby at Maple Ridge 6:45 Wed 27-May New West at Langley 7:45 Thur 28-May Coquitlam at New West 7:45 Fri 29-May Burnaby at Victoria 7:45 Sat 30-May Langley at Coquitlam 7:00 Sun 31-May New West at Nanaimo 7:00 Sun…
After struggling for most of the season last year, the Nanaimo Timbermen have done their best to right the ship early in the off season. The T-Men trade their 2015 first round draft pick (First overall) and the playing rights to Kody TeKanawa to the Coquitlam Adanac’s. Going the other way is: A 2015 first and second round draft picks (2nd & 9th overall) A 2016 third round draft pick…
The Nanaimo Timbermen and Coquitlam Adanacs have agreed to the following trade: The Nanaimo Timbermen trade their 2015 first round draft pick (1st overall) and the playing rights to Kody TeKanawa to the Coquitlam Adanacs. In exchange, the Coquitlam Adanacs trade the following to the Nanaimo Timbermen: 2015 first and second round draft picks (2nd & 9th overall) 2016 third round draft pick 2017 1st round draft pick Playing rights…
The Victoria Shamrocks arrived home sunday with another season ending with a bitter taste in their mouth’s after losing in six games to the Mann Cup champion Six Nations Chiefs but really they have nothing to be ashamed about after a hard fought season which saw them repeat as WLA champs. After finishing the season a stellar 14-2-2, the Rocks accomplished everything but the ultimate prize of a national championship…
With the Six Nations Chiefs repeating as the Mann Cup champions, the Victoria Shamrocks did everything they could but just couldn’t hold off the depth of the roster the Chiefs came with. Although most people expected this series to only go five games, to win two in enemy territory for the Shamrocks and put a scare in the champs isn’t something to take lightly. As what was the case for…