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WLA Recap:Langley, Victoria, Coquitlam and Burnaby advance to the playoffs.

July 30, 2012
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With the WLA season wrapping up this weekend there were only three games on the schedule. The first two games were on Saturday night as the Victoria Shamrocks took on the Nanaimo Timbermen and the Coquitlam Adanacs took on the Burnaby Lakers. On Sunday night the Maple Ridge Burrards took on the New Westminster Salmonbellies in a must in game for New Westminster if they hoped to make the playoffs….

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MSL Playoffs: Lakers Take Game One Against Ajax

July 29, 2012
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Major Series Lacrosse has reached the playoffs. Before the first game of the season, every team had already clinched their berth. However, home floor and, of course, pride was on the line all season long. With the Mann Cup in the MSL Champion’s barn this year, the road to the big dance becomes even more important. While the fans sit and watch the battles begin, they will be joined by…

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Voyageurs Sweep Series Against Phoenix, Move to QSLL Finals

July 28, 2012
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The Vermont Voyageurs need just one more series win to advance to the Presidents Cup and represent the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League. Greg Rogowski scored the double overtime sudden victory game winner for Vermont as they took down the Montreal Phoenix and will now head to face the Kahnawake Mohawks in the QSLL finals. Rogowski scored four of the ten Vermont goals on the night. The Voyageurs also saw scoring…

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WLA Update: Langley and Victoria emerge Victorious

July 28, 2012
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There were two games on the WLA Schedule Friday night as the Nanaimo Timbermen took on the Victoria Shamrocks while the Langley Thunder took on the Burnaby Lakers.  With the WLA season winding to a close each game has become more important as the teams battle for the playoffs. The first game on Friday pitted the Victoria Shamrocks against the Nanaimo Timbermen. Victoria and Nanaimo have only met once this…

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Lakers Defeat Excelsiors Handily in Last Regular Season Game

July 27, 2012
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If the Brampton Excelsiors wanted to jump up a spot in the overall MSL standings, they would need to win the final game of the season by fifteen goals or more. Considering their highest goal output of the season of eleven was achieved just once, and it was one of just three games they managed over seven goals, the possibility seemed unlikely. As the home side looked across the floor…

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Red Devils One Win Away From OJBLL Finals

The Wallaceburg Red Devils are one win away from making their first trip to the OJBLL finals in franchise history after defeating the Six Nations Rebels last night 12-11. The fifth seed Red Devils upset the top ranked Rebels on their home floor at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena for the second time in the Western Conference finals. In the first period, Wallaceburg hopped out to a hot start scoring the…

July 27, 2012
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Langley taken to their limit in 12-11 win over Maple Ridge

July 26, 2012
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On Wednesday night the WLA was back in action with the second place Langley Thunder taking on the last place Maple Ridge Burrards. Langley has won both games against Maple Ridge this year and were looking for another win in order to move back into first place in the WLA. While Maple Ridge were trying to play spoiler against Langley and upset them in order to show the WLA that…

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Vincent Talbot Blog: Playoffs for the Voyageurs

July 26, 2012
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It is playoff time for the Voyageurs! Last Tuesday was the first game of the best of three semi-final series against the Montreal Phoenix.  We knew this one was going to be difficult for a couple of reasons. First of all the Phoenix is a very competitive team that won’t give you an inch. I’ve read many articles this year talking about how much they’ve improved with stronger offense and…

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Northmen Go Up Two Games to None on Warriors

The Six Nations Arrows made good use of their home floor on Tuesday night, defeating the Peterborough Lakers 11-8 in game one of their OLA Junior A semi-final matchup. Like every good Jr A lacrosse game, there were plenty of goals scored, but also plenty of, shall we say, new friendships formed. If this were an accurate assessment, their Facebook statuses following Wednesday’s game two would read “it’s complicated”. Switching…

July 26, 2012
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Brooklin Redmen Defeat Six Nations Chiefs

The Kitchener/Waterloo Kodiaks lost home floor advantage for the first round of the playoffs on Sunday night to the Brampton Excelsiors. With no seedings or standings left to determine in Major Series Lacrosse, Wednesday night’s match between the Kodiaks and the Brooklin Redmen was about finishing strong and going into the playoffs on a positive note. Having secured the top seed in the East, the Redmen came out strong. Derek…

July 26, 2012
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