The word on the Mann Cup street entering the series was an easy series sweep. After game two one team would leave the building up two games to none. It wasn’t, however, the team many expected. The mind games started early on as the hometown Peterborough Lakers took to the floor for warmups wearing their home white jerseys. However, as this is the Mann Cup the statistical home team was…
John Grant Jr has had a busy last few weeks. He won the Major League Lacrosse Championship with the Chesapeake Bayhawks about three weeks ago, helped Canada win the Duel in Denver on Saturday, and now he is playing for the Peterborough Lakers in the Mann Cup. The Lakers are down two games to none against the Langley Thunder with game three tonight. The Thunder won in overtime last night,…
Last night the Langley Thunder surprised the lacrosse world with their win over the Peterborough Lakers in game one of the Mann Cup. On Twitter, we asked for fan reaction, and here is what you had to say. @lacrossewetrust If the Thunder win the Cup, is it too early to name the Stealth champions of the NLL? — Dan Shirley (@danshirley) September 8, 2012 RT still could b sweep as…
No one likes being the road team in the Mann Cup. First there’s the cross country flight, then there’s a lacrosse game, then there’s the hostile fans, and that’s if your entire team can book the time off work in time (right 2011 Brampton Excelsiors?). When you’re the Langley Thunder, couple all of the above with the fact you’re headed to a province no BC team has won a Championship…
All year, we here at InLacrosseWeTrust have chronicled, quite extensively, how incredible the Peterborough Lakers roster looks on paper. Well, after an entire fourteen game MSL season, and three rounds of playoffs, it turns out they’re a pretty good club on the floor as well. As if a 10-4 record in the regular season, including 6-1 on the road, wasn’t enough, the Lakers went on to lose just one playoff…
Last season, two rookie goaltenders made a huge difference; Tyler Carlson and Evan Kirk, both of the Minnesota Swarm. It’s very rare to see any goalie make an impact that young in the NLL. Are there any rookie wonders ready to step in in 2013 for a team? Who are the top goalies to watch in the 2012 NLL Entry Draft? Patrick Bayliss- Langley Thunder Jr A Bayliss is a…
The Canadian Lacrosse Association has unveiled its 23-man roster for the ‘Duel in Denver’, an international exhibition against the US Men’s National Team which will be held on Saturday, September 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. at 7pm. The Colorado Mammoth has three players on Team Canada: 2012 National Lacrosse League MVP John Grant Jr., 2012 National Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year Adam Jones, and…
It’s the last day of the President’s Cup before the Championship games yesterday, and it was all set up from an upset yesterday. The St. Catharine’s Saints of Ontario defeated the Spruce Grove Slash, 10-9 in overtime. Today the 0-4 Kahnawake Mohawks face the 4-1 Saints. Spruce Grove, now at 4-1, face the St, Regis Braves who are 5-0 in tournament play. Lastly, the Mohawks will once again play, this…
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…
All season long the Six Nations Chiefs have been eyeing a berth in the Mann Cup as the benchmark for a successful 2012 campaign. The team did what they had to do on Tuesday evening, winning at home to make the MSL finals 2-1 in favour of the Peterborough Lakers. However, the club still wouldn’t be able to put their guard down in game four as the series shifted back…