1. Turner Evans – Peterborough Lakers In his past three games, Turner Evans has been producing at a potent clip, picking up 12 points in three straight Lakers victories. Evans kicked off his week with a three goal performance against the powerhouse Six Nations Chiefs. Evans’ third period goal to complete his hat-trick came at a crucial time, as the Chiefs had gone on a five goal run, pulling within…
1 Victoria Shamrocks (LW – 1) Record: 11-2-0 Goal Differential: +60 Last Week: 11-6 W vs. Langley, 14-7 W vs. Burnaby This Week: vs. Coquitlam, vs. Nanaimo It was business per usual for the Shamrocks, who beat two tough teams rather handily to push their WLA league lead to three games over second-place New Westminster. It was the defence that lead the charge for much of the night in Victoria’s gritty 11-6 win over the…
1. Six Nations Chiefs (11-2) Despite dropping a narrow 14-13 road game to the Peterborough Lakers last Thursday night, the Chiefs continued to roll this week picking up wins over Kitchener-Waterloo on Tuesday night and the Brampton Excelsiors on Thursday. On Tuesday night the Chiefs got off to a great start with Johnny Powless scoring just 59 seconds into the game, however it wasn’t until late in the second period…
1. Capital Axemen had a huge 17-4 victory Saturday over the Mohawks. This gives the Axemen a 12-1 record as they stay in first and should be getting the top seed come playoff time. Alex Kedoh Hill helped play a big part in getting his team the win with (4G, 3A). Raj Wasson had four assists and Tim Bergin had three of his own upping his season point total…
The Six Nation Chiefs got back to their winning ways when they took on the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks Tuesday night. The last time KW came to the ILA they walked away with the season opening win. On this night though, things were a bit different with star player Ryan Benesch now with Six Nations. Things started off pretty good for the home team after Johnny Powless opened up the scoring…
After one of the most exciting regular seasons of OLA Junior “A” lacrosse in recent memory, the playoffs are set to kick off on Thursday evening. However before we get to the playoff preview, it’s important to recognize the parity throughout the league this season. The Mimico Moutaineers won five games and tied one this season, for 11 points, after winning just one game in the last three seasons. Meanwhile…
The Alberta junior “A” season wrapped up last week and basically met a lot of people’s expectations. The defending league champion Calgary Mountaineers made their lives easier securing the first overall seed in the playoffs and a first round bye with their 15-2-1 season. With rivals the Okotoks Raiders 12-5-1 playing the Edmonton Miners 7-11 it’s much needed rest for a veteran laden team while the lowly Sherwood Park Titans…
The Six Nation Arrows have reached their goal as the number one seed in the playoffs. They did that by taking down Burlington 10-8 Thursday night in an overtime game. Ryan Lee has shown great success since coming over from the Toronto Beaches with six points (2G, 4A) in the game. Brendan Bomberry scored twice, while Jordan Durston dished out three assists and scored a goal. Goalie Doug Jamieson saved 44…
Photo by David Zuskind 1st Star – Daryl Veltman, Victoria Shamrocks Veltman has been one of the more consistent players in the WLA this summer and had a great week in Victoria’s three wins where they scored a combined 46 goals. He scored 14 points (7-7) and now has 36 points in nine games, good for a four-point per game average amongst the highest in the league. He’s found a…
1. Victoria Shamrocks (1) Record: 9-2-0 Goal Differential: +48 Last Week: 18-8 W vs. New Westminster, 15-3 W vs. Coquitlam, 13-8 W vs. New Westminster This Week: vs. Langley, vs. Burnaby The Victoria Shamrocks have put a stranglehold on the rest of the WLA with one of the more dominant weeks of lacrosse in recent memory. After putting a combined 31 goals on New West and conceding just 16,…