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…
When the Coquitlam Adanacs fell to the Whitby Warriors by a nine goal margin on the final night of Minto Cup round-robin play, they were able to rebound the following night and eliminate the defending champions and host team from the tournament, winning by four goals. In the first game of the gold medal final, the Orangeville Northmen gave it to the Adanacs 19-6 with two of the BC representative’s…
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…
Last night the Langley Thunder went up two games to one in their Western Lacrosse Association finals to the Coquitlam Adanacs with a 9-5 win. Both teams were tied at five going into the third, but the Thunder would score four and shut out the Adanacs in the final frame. The Adanacs got two goals and two assists from Kevin Olson on a night where their offense struggled. Lewis Ratcliff…
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…
There are two upsides to clinching first place in the Minto Cup round robin portion of the tournament: firstly, you gain a bye straight to the gold medal best-of-three series and secondly, you get to sit back, relax, and watch the semi-final game knowing you’ll have to face one of the teams currently getting the tar beat out of them. The Orangeville Northmen clinched first overall on Sunday night with…