In the first two games of the Mann Cup many trends began to take shape. First, and most obvious, the Langley Thunder kept winning. Secondly, the Peterborough Lakers continuously outshot the Thunder, and by a wide margin. Thirdly, in the games the Thunder won, they won by one single goal. It was these trends that led head coach Jamie Batley to say prior to the game, “we only need to…
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,…
This has been a real crazy year for professional lacrosse, especially when it comes to “growth”. It appears that suddenly everyone wants to make greater efforts to spread the sport, and their method seems to be by starting new leagues. In the past year we have seen the introductions of the NALL, CLax, PLL, MILA, and now the new Prospects Lacrosse League. Its too early to say much about the…
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…
With the WLA season now over and the Langley Thunder once again crowned champions of the WLA let’s take a look back at what was the WLA season. The team that was by far  the worst in the league was the Maple Ridge Burrards. The Burrards finished with a record of 4-13-1 and suffered all season from late game collapses and poor goaltending. There were many games this year the…
The Brock University Badgers have made a trip to the CUFLA Baggataway Cup Finals the last three consecutive years including bringing home the hardware back to St.Catharines in 2009. For most programs that would be considered successful, but for Coach Justin Kennedy and the 18 time Canadian Champion Badgers it is disappointing. “We take a different approach here at Brock Lacrosse†said Coach Kennedy. “When the team was asked about…
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…
The Langley Thunder surprised many when they made the Mann Cup last year. They silenced those critics this year by not only finishing as the top seed in the Western Lacrosse Association, but also winning the league losing just two games throughout the playoffs for a total of ten all season. They face the unenviable task of having to fly to Ontario to face the Peterborough Lakers at the Memorial…