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WLA Recap: Victoria and Coquitlam emerge Victorious in WLA action

July 18, 2012
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With the WLA season quickly coming to a close the intensity in the WLA has ramped up. On Sunday night the Coquitlam Adanacs took on the Maple Ridge Burrards. While on Tuesday night the Victoria Shamrocks took on the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Every game in the WLA has become life or death with every team aside from Maple Ridge having a chance of making the playoffs. On Sunday night Coquitlam…

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Indians and Gaels Bound to Be a Playoff Classic

July 18, 2012
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Photo Credit: Devyn Gallagher 1 Awkesasne Indians vs 2 Clarington Green Gaels The two top teams in the East are about to cross paths in their road to the 2012 Founders Cup. The top seed Akwesasne Indians will take on the second seed Clarington Green Gaels in what is expected to be a very entertaining series. Both the Gaels and Indians have explosive offenses with great depth and the ability…

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CLax Preparing for 2013 Season, Looking for Owners

The 2012 Canadian Lacrosse League season ended with a championship for the Ohsweken Demons, and since the end, all the talk has been about 2013. Will the league stay intact? And what is to come? “We are looking at possibly becoming more involved with the NLL.” said CLax commissioner Paul St. John. “Last year we had 7 players and 1 Director of Operations (Steve Toll) make their way from Clax…

July 18, 2012
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2013 NLL Draft Prospects: Dhane Smith

When cuts were made for team Canada’s U19 squad heading to Turku, Finland, no doubt Dhane Smith was disappointed he didn’t make the cut. However, it may have been a blessing in disguise as the Kitchener/Waterloo star has been able to play with the big boys and show he’s ready to take the next step. Smith finished his fourth season with the Kitchener/Waterloo Braves of the OLA’s Junior A circuit…

July 17, 2012
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Founders Cup Dreams End For the Buzz

July 17, 2012
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The Oakville Buzz 2012 season came to an end Sunday night as they fell for the third straight game to the hands of the first seed Akwesasne Indians. After upsetting the Indians in game one to a score of 10-9, Akwesasne turned the tables and won the remaining games to win the series. In game two at the Hive, Oakville headed into the third period only down 5-3 but was…

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Vincent Talbot Blog: Hot Weekend in QSLL

This past weekend was a hot one. I don’t think I’ve ever played a game in such a warm temperature in my whole lacrosse career. Somebody told me it was around 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) Saturday when we started the game and it pretty much stayed as hot for the entire weekend. With a win on Saturday or Sunday we would have clinched first place in the QSLL. Unfortunately we…

July 16, 2012
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MSL Weekend Update: Redmen Down Chiefs, Kitchener Embarrasses Brampton Again

As was expected from the MSL season, the top four teams in the standings (alphabetically: Brampton Excelsiors, Brooklin Redmen, Peterborough Lakers, Six Nations Chiefs) are closer than they’ve been in recent memory, while distancing themselves from the other two teams (Ajax Rock, Kitchener/Waterloo Kodiaks). Four teams were in action on Sunday in games that would have massive impacts on the season standings. First, at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Six…

July 16, 2012
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WLA Weekend Recap: Coquitlam, Nanaimo, and Burnaby emerge victorious in WLA action

July 15, 2012
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There were 3 games on the WLA schedule this weekend. The first game this weekend was on Friday night as the Burnaby Lakers took on the Nanaimo Timbermen.  On Saturday there were two games on the WLA schedule as the Coquitlam Adanacs took on the Victoria Shamrocks and the Nanaimo Timbermen faced off against the Maple Ridge Burrards. With the WLA standings being so tight each game has gained importance…

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OJBLL Eastern Conference Playoff Update

2 Green Gaels 3 Halton Hills Bulldogs The expectations for a historic Jr.B playoff rivalry were not met as the brooms were brought out in Clairington at Garnet B. Rickard Arena as the Gaels swept the Bulldogs in three games. Game 1 and 2 were close match ups separated by 3 goals (8-5,9-6) but the Gaels pulled away in game 3 with a 16-6 win. Luke Laszkiewicz had an outstanding…

July 14, 2012
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Salmonbellies upset Thunder 10-9

July 13, 2012
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On Thursday night the Langley Thunder faced off against the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Langley was looking to extend their winning streak to 4 games with a win over New Westminster. New Westminster though were looking to get a win in order to move into second place in the WLA. The game began with Alex Turner scoring for Langley just 2 minutes into the game, giving Langley an early 1-0 lead….

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