CLax Announces 2013 Rosters

January 8, 2013

The Canadian Lacrosse League teams have announced their rosters for the 2013 season, all except the Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen. Below are the rosters of the teams who submitted them. Five teams are league operated (Niagara Lock Monsters, Barrie Blizzard, Brampton Inferno, Toronto Shooting Stars and Durham Turfdogs) and the other two are privately owned (Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen). The league operated team rosters are as follows: Toronto…

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Inferno Defeat Stars in Pre Season

January 7, 2013

With the Clax Season beginning next weekend the Brampton Inferno took on the Toronto Shooting Stars in pre-season action at the Stephen Leacock Arena in Scarborough. Brampton’s current line-up showed early jitters in this game as they had only practiced together twice and got into some early penalty trouble. The Inferno were already down 1 0 but were able to kill off the penalties. The Inferno then swung this momentum in their favor as they scored…

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Blizzard, Demons and Ironmen Win Pre Season Contests

January 6, 2013

In Canadian Lacrosse League pre season action yesterday afternoon, we saw wins come from the Barrie Blizzard, Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen. The first win came when the Blizzard downed the Durham Turf Dogs by a score of 19-11. Mike Vertolli led the Blizzard with three goals while Mike Teeter had two. Scott Defrancesco had four goals for Durham in the loss. Tyler Patterson and Spencer Janes each also had…

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Who Will be CLax MVP?

January 4, 2013

As the Clax Season begins here are the top 5 players to watch out for that could win league MVP. Scotty Komer: Komer was the Barrie Blizzards first choice in the Clax expansion draft and with that comes high expectations. Komer though can live up to the hype as he posted the best saves percentage in Clax in 2012 posting a save percentage of .797 while on the league’s worst team. Expect Komer to keep…

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2013 CLax Players to Watch

January 3, 2013

This year in Clax there are many players who will look to make a name for themselves but here are my top 5 players to watch as the 2013 season approaches. 5. Steve Fryer: Fryer was the Inferno’s top choice in the NLL supplemental draft and will have a lot of pressure on him this season. This past summer he was stellar with the Langley Thunder and helped them to advance to the Mann Cup….

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Stars Top Blizzard in Exhibition

January 1, 2013

With just under two weeks to go before the start of the 2013 Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) season the Barrie Blizzard and Toronto Shooting Stars met in an exhibition matchup on Sunday, December 30th at Stephen Leacock Arena in Scarborough ON. Barrie opened the scoring just under two minutes into the game, and added two more within a minute to lead 3-0 early. They would hold a 4-1 advantage after…

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Chris Attwood Traded to Ironmen

December 31, 2012

The Canadian Lacrosse League have announced a trade in which the Ohsweken Demons sent 2012 CLax MOP Chris Attwood to the Iroquois Ironmen for Wayne Van Every, Dan Vyse and Logan Kane. Attwood joins his brother Matt who is the goaltender with the Ironmen. Attwood had been drafted by the NLL’s Rochester Knighthawks this season but was cut from the team, so he will now be a member of the…

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CLax Season Preview: Iroquois Ironmen-

December 31, 2012

Last year the Iroquois Ironmen finished with a record of 6-8 and made the playoffs. The Ironmen though surprised everyone in the playoffs knocking off the top team in Clax last year the Durham Turfdogs. The Ironmen fell though in the Creator’s cup final to the Oshweken Demons 15-10. This year the Ironmen hope to make it back to the Creator’s Cup final but do they have the team to make the journey? The Ironmen…

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Raiders Will Remain in RMLL

December 31, 2012

The RMLL Board of Directors (“the Board”) has considered the motion of the Junior A division made and passed with a 3/4th’s majority. We have reviewed the rationale for this vote as well as the counter arguments from the Raiders organization. The Board also listened to the testimony of several individuals during a phone conference call and subsequently reviewed the negotiated offers exchanged before the Junior A motion for expulsion was…

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CLax Holds Supplemental Draft

December 28, 2012

The Canadian Lacrosse League held a Supplemental Draft after the NLL made some cuts, and some big names such as Steve Fryer, Pat McCready and Derek Hopcroft were selected. Results are below. Round 1 1. Brampton (via trade with Barrie – Dec 13th) – Steve Fryer (Philadelphia) 2. Niagara – Pat McCready (Rochester) 3. Toronto – Derek Hopcroft (Buffalo) 4. Brampton (via trade with Durham – Steve Toll) – Nick Inch (Toronto) 5. Durham – Pete Rennie (Toronto) Round…

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