The St. Regis Braves defeated the Saint Catharines Saints to win their second straight President’s Cup. The score of the Championship game from yesterday was Braves 13 to the Saints 9. In the Bronze Medal game, the Rockyview Knights defeated the Spruce Grove Slash nine to eight in Overtime. The teams who medaled will be the Braves, Saints and Knights. Jerome Thompson of the Braves was the most valuable player…
Name: Dhane Smith Position: Forward Team: Kitchener-Waterloo Braves Shoots: Right Season Stats: 107 points Projected: 7th Overall, Calgary Dhane Smith is one of the top prospects in this draft, and likely a first round pick. He scored a career high 107 points with the Junior A Braves this season and had 302 points in his entire Junior A career. He had a career high thirty eight goals on the year…
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…
Last night the Langley Thunder won their second straight WLA championship in this article we will take a look back at Langley’s 2012 season. Langley made a splash before the 2012 season by signing superstar Garrett Billings and trading for forward Lewis Ratcliff. Both these players were expected to make an impact this year and help add to Langley’s offense. Langley got off to a rocky start to the season…
On Wednesday night game 6 of the WLA final took place as Coquitlam looked to force game 7 while Langley hoped to walk out of game 6 WLA champions. The first period began with Langley making a statement as Brett Hickey scored just a minute in to take a 1-0 lead. The rest of the period was a defensive struggle as Coquitlam fought to get a goal but Langley were…
On Wednesday night game 6 of the WLA final will take place. Coquitlam were able to stay alive in game five by defeating Langley 7-6. Coquitlam will once again try to survive and force a game 7 in this series.While Langley will try to end the series and win their second straight WLA Championship. In game 6 of this series Coquitlam showed their offensive talent as they created an early lead…
Game 5 of the WLA final took place on Friday night as the Langley Thunder tried to close out the series at home with another victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs. While Coquitlam needed to get a win in order to stay alive in this series. The first period was defensive battle between the two teams as neither offense could get going in the early part of the period. Coquitlam would…
In a tight series like that of the WLA finals, a win in double overtime could be the turning point one side needs to break out and energize themselves and push toward the finish line. The series between the Langley Thunder and Coquitlam Adanacs has been a clinic in superior goaltending hosted by the former’s Brodie MacDonald and the latter’s Nick Rose. Rose was named WLA MVP shortly before this…