The Peterborough Lakers open the 2015 MSL playoffs this Sunday, hosting the Oakville Rock in game one of the best of seven series. The Lakers had to wait until the end of their last game, and the regular season, before knowing who their opponents would be. Several scenarios existed, but they knew they would play either Oakville or the Brampton Excelsiors. Oakville not only cliched third place with their win…
The OLA Junior “A” Finals are set to kick off on Sunday evening in Six Nations, as the top seeded Arrows will take on the second seeded Peterborough Lakers, in what is expected to be one of the most hotly contested Junior “A” finals in years. After a 2015 regular season that saw tremendous parity throughout the league, the playoffs have been much more predictable as the top two seeds…
The MSL is the best kept secret in Ontario, according to Peterborough Lakers president Ted Higgins. Each season six lacrosse teams attempt to reach out to their communities to introduce them to Canada’s national summer sport. However, attendance at most MSL games is less than impressive. Four teams* average less than 400 people per game, with the Oakville Rock bringing in only 95 fans per game. With so many other…
The Six Nation Rivermen get the first game victory over the Oakville Titans in game one of the Ontario SR B semifinals, 12-5. The Riverman jumped out to the 1-0 after a rocket of a shot from Corey Bomberry. Oakville stuck around keeping the game close as they hoped to get the big upset but it was just not enough. As Warren Hill shut the door on Oakville stopping a…
Danton Miller netted a hat trick including the game winner as the Six Nations Rebels knocked off the Orangeville Northmen to jump out to a 1-0 lead in the OJBLL West Finals last night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. Miller also chipped in with an assist for a four point night. Miller now has 28 points in the 2015 postseason, tied for tenth among all playoff scorers. Leading the way…
Statistics in lacrosse have often gone undervalued, without much attention paid to anything more than goals, assists and saves. Although statistics can appear complicated to those who have never focused in on them, they’re just numbers in the end. But those numbers have underlying benefits as they can help give an explanation or a narrative to a question as simple as “what happened?” Consider that the difference between Coquitlam and…
On Wednesday evening the Brooklin Redmen welcomed the first place Six Nations Chiefs to their home floor in Whitby, Ontario faced with a nearly insurmountable task, as the Redmen would need a win against the powerhouse Chiefs to keep their narrow playoff hopes alive. However that insurmountable task was crossed off the list on Wednesday evening, as the Brooklin Redmen where able to keep their 2015 playoff hopes alive with…
Following one round of OLA Junior “A” playoff action, the four top teams from the regular season remain. The top seeded and defending Minto Cup Champion Six Nations Arrows made quick work of the eighth seeded Burlington Chiefs, sweeping them four games to zero. However despite the four game sweep, the Chiefs gave Six Nations everything they could handle, almost stealing games on two occasions. The second seeded Peterborough Lakers…
Scott Evans realized a life long dream on Wednesday. During his Peterborough Lakers game versus the Brooklin Redmen at Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby, members of Canada’s under 19 women’s field lacrosse team were introduced and then played an intra-squad scrimmage at intermission. Team Canada will play in the quadrennial event beginning July 23 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Members of the team are from all over Ontario and British Columbia,…
Connor Goodwin, Maple Ridge Burrards The fifth overall selection in February’s WLA Draft, Goodwin has stepped in as an immediate contributor to the Burrards offence. He’s given Ridge another lefty who can operate without the ball, he has size and is a good playmaker for his age. Goodwin’s play really started to take off when Dan Taylor was signed; the duo have taken attention away from the right handers like…