The 2015 OLA Junior A lacrosse league season got underway just over a week ago, as the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves welcomed the Burlington Chiefs to town. The Braves went on to win the season opener by a score of 10-5, and since then every team except the Brampton Excelsiors and defending Minto Cup Champion Six Nations Arrows have seen at least one game of action. With many players still trickling back…
The Six Nation Rebels took on the St. Catherine’s Spartans in some Junior B OLA action Friday night. The Rebels, who are looking for their fifth straight Founders Cup championship and eighth since 1997, were 2-0 going into Friday’s game. They opened up the year beating Welland 21-4 and cross-town rival the Hamilton Bengals 12-4. After a week off the Rebels came out strong but St.Catherines stuck around. For the Rebels, Garret…
The Century 21 Lakers of the Major Series Lacrosse league has grabbed one of the world’s top lacrosse players from the west. In a major acquisition transfer move, pending the expected Canadian Lacrosse Association approval, that he had been working on for awhile GM Paul Day got Curtis Dickson, presently playing with the National Lacrosse League’s Calgary Roughnecks, a player described by Indoor Lacrosse magazine as one of the top…
Yesterday Western Lacrosse Association commissioner Casey Cook surprised the Canadian lacrosse world when he announced his resignation from the league. Assistant commissioner Sohen Gill also stepped down from his role. The move was shocking to the lacrosse community, as stated by Victoria Shamrocks general manager Chris Welch to the Times-Colonist. “I wasn’t at the meeting on the weekend, but my understanding is from whatever differences of opinion there were,…
Peterborough’s Century 21 Lakers have made two trades obtaining defender Chad Tutton from Brampton for goalie Tyler Carson and adding Mann Cup champion goalie Evan Kirk in moves GM Paul Day says are the beginning of putting the pieces together for the Lakers’ season starting June 4 at the Memorial Centre. Tutton is a 6’2” 220 pound Whitby native who lives in nearby Courtice. He was drafted second overall by…
After struggling just a season ago, the Barrie Blizzard emerged in 2015 as a team that was tough to beat. After going on a seven game tear, the Blizzard took home the Creator’s Cup behind their MVP Caleb Wiles. “I am over joyed to have had the chance to play in and win a Creators Cup” said Wiles. “Not only is this a great achievement for the Blizzard but also for…
The fourth Creators Cup championship game will take place today in Barrie as the home team Blizzard host the Ohsweken Demons for a chance to take the Canadian Lacrosse League championship. Barrie defeated a scrappy Southwest Cyclops to advance while the Demons defeated the Durham TurfDogs. Now the top two teams will face off for the league title. The Blizzard defeated the Demons twice in their season series with 9-7…
The Six Nations Pro-Fit Chiefs made a huge splash late Monday night. The defending Major Series Lacrosse and Mann Cup champions completed a huge trade with the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks. Dhane Smith The Chiefs acquired Dhane Smith, Dillon Ward and Jay Thorimbert, in exchange for goalie Evan Kirk. “This is an exciting deal for us,” Chiefs general manager Duane Jacobs said. “Unfortunately, when these deals happen, players have to leave. In this…
The 2015 Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) playoffs started with a bang last night as the Ohsweken Demons held off a hard charging Durham Turfdogs team enroute to a 13-11 semi-final victory. The Ohsweken Demons came out hard in the first quarter scoring four straight goals before Durham was able to get on the board. Ohsweken’s Chris Attwood had a huge quarter scoring four of the Demons’ five goals in the…
The NLL trade deadline might almost be here, but Major Series Lacrosse teams are active as well. Today the Oakville Rock acquired forward Brett Hickey and defenseman Glen Bryan and a second round pick from the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks in exchange for Jacob Ruest and defenseman Aaron Brown. Hickey is the big name in the deal after having a breakout season in the NLL with the Toronto Rock. Bryan is…