The Canadian Lacrosse Association (CLA) announced today that two suspensions have been handed out at the 2012 Mann Cup. Rod Jensen, head coach of the Langley Thunder, and Jamie Batley, head coach of the Peterborough Lakers have both been suspended by the CLA President, Joey Harris, from their coaching responsibilities for the duration of the 2012 Mann Cup. The suspensions are in relation to conduct off the floor of play….
The Mann Cup so far has been an offensive oriented affair. Both teams have had their moments to shine as the Langley Thunder and the Peterborough Lakers head into game 5 there is only one thing that is known for certain and that is that this series will see some serious fireworks in the last three games. All year long the Langley Thunder were able to win games due to…
In a Mann Cup that saw a combined seventy-eight goals in the first three games (twenty-five, twenty-nine and twenty-four respectively) the goaltenders for both the Peterborough Lakers and Langley Thunder have come under scrutiny. First, for Langley, Brodie MacDonald has been fantastic, but he was also replaced (albeit momentarily in each case) three times in those three games. Tyler Carlson was left to figure things out for the majority of…
The Mann Cup so far has been a battle of offenses as so far  the two teams have combined for 98 goals so far in this series. Last night the Peterborough Lakers evened up the series as Mark Steenhuis and John Grant Jr led the way for Peterborough in their 9-8 win. Steenhuis finished with a hat trick while Grant had 1 goal and 5 assists which was enough to…
The Brock Badgers opened their 2012 season with an 11-8 victory over their Western Conference rival Guelph Gryphons. The Badgers over came some adversity as the Gryphs had a convincing 7-2 lead at the end of the first half. Brock Coach Justin Kennedy expected that Guelph would come out to a hot start after opening their season with a win over University of Toronto. However, being down 5 goals going…
As the trees begin the change and the cooler weather approaches us, some may think of NFL football but others think of CUFLA lacrosse season. The 2012 campaign kicked off this weekend with ten teams in action in eight games. Saturday: Bishop’s 12 Queen’s 2 The defending Baggataway champions the Bishops Gaiters dominated Queen’s university in their season opener. Although not tested often, New Westminster, BC native David Bigley stood…
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…