The regular season is complete and the chase for the Baggatway Cup continues next weekend (Oct 30/31) with the playoff games to determine the final six teams that will compete for the Cup at Bishops the weekend of November 6-8. The Western Mustangs are headed to the Baggataway Cup semifinals, that much we’re sure of after the CUFLA regular season wrapped up on the weekend. Who fits where for the…
Two more Peterborough Lakers have the opportunity to crack NLL rosters this season. The MSL team already boasts a multitude of pro talent and has committed to developing players coming out of their junior system as well. This past season they welcomed draft eligible junior Lakers grad Turner Evans, as well as acquiring Chad Tutton’s rights from the Brampton Excelsiors. Evans, the cousin of Shawn and Scott, was 5th on…
The back-to-back Minto Cup champion Six Nations Arrows had many former and one current player get drafted to the NLL last Monday, with most of the players helping win the Minto Cup and some last playing with the team back in 2012. Some of these guys’ fans already know from their winning ways during the summer box season or from playing college in the NJCAA and NCAA. Randy Staats was…
Another summer is in the books and now it’s time to reflect on the season that was. In a six team league, anything can happen. 2015 was a great year for Major Series Lacrosse, with more teams than ever loading up to bolster their rosters and attempt playoff success. Four teams battled for positioning in the bottom four, with the most parity seen maybe ever in the MSL. To nobody’s…
Well, here I am back home, and reflecting on the past week in Victoria, BC, at the Mann Cup. What an experience. The Victoria Shamrocks reclaimed the Mann Cup for the WLA, the first time since 2005. They did it in probably the hardest fought, closest series there has ever been. My team lost, and that still stings and will for awhile, but I made a lot of good memories…
The Canadian Lacrosse League is ready for the 2016 season. This week they announced their schedule, which begins on January 15th when the Barrie Blizzards travel to face the Ohsweken Demons. Every team will play ten games, five home and five away, with the four best teams making the playoffs. All games on on a Friday or a weekend day. Day Date Visitor Home Time Venue Friday January 15 Barrie…
Ten years later and the Victoria Shamrocks are back on top of the lacrosse world. The WLA champion Shamrocks are now Mann Cup champions after defeating the Peterborough Lakers in six games to win the 2015 title. After losing the cup to the Six Nations Chiefs in 2013 and 2014, it was extra sweet for the Shamrocks to beat the Lakers, the team they defeated in 2005, the last time…
The votes were in Friday night, and Corey Small was chosen as the 2015 Mike Kelly award winner as the Mann Cup MVP. Small led the Shamrocks with 25 points – 10 goals and 15 assists – over six games. While games one and two were quiet, he exploded in game three with five goals and became the centre focus of the Shamrocks offense, finding new and creative ways to…
The Peterborough Lakers are mad about the way they lost the Mann Cup, and they have every right to be. The Victoria Shamrocks won the 2015 national championship after a 12-6 game six win on Friday night at The Q Centre. They won the series 4-2 to claim their first Mann Cup title since 2005 – also the last time a Western team won it. The MSL won nine consecutive…
Green lids littered the floor of The Q Centre Friday night, indicative of the party to come as the Victoria Shamrocks won their first Mann Cup in a decade. The ‘Rocks beat the Peterborough Lakers 12-6 to close out the best-of-seven series in six games, the culmination of a dominant season for Victoria. Throughout the season Victoria left little doubt about who was the team to beat; not only in…