Tonight the Nanaimo Timbermen travel to New Westminster to take on the Salmonbellies. Both of these teams will be desperate for a win as both are coming off losses and both teams want to avoid finishing dead last this season. The Timbermen have struggled all season long as they have gotten off to slow starts in most of their games this year. The Timbermen offense has been a work in…
Peterborough Lakers (1-4)*(4-1)** W 12-11 over Oakville The Lakers were the only MSL team with just one game during Week 3, earning a 12-11 overtime win over Oakville. The victory, which improved the Lakers record to 4-1, currently stands as the team’s only win of the season after a recent league ruling forced the Lakers’ to forfeit their first three wins of the season over Brampton, Oakville, and Brooklin. The…
The Brooklin Redmen find themselves in first place heading into a Wednesday night match-up with the Peterborough Lakers. The youth of the Redmen has been critical to Brooklin’s hot start. This young crop includes several graduates of the Whitby Warriors Jr. A Club, most notably the high-scoring trio of Shayne Jackson, Dan Litner, and Curtis Knight, who sit first, second, and third in team scoring, respectively. The three have combined…
Thunder are 4-4. Lakers are 3-3. The same players lead the stats boards. Tonight, the Lakers will be electric; it’s just a matter of weather it’s the good or deadly kind. LANGLEY Alex Turner and Athan Iannucci continue to lead the Thunder with 35 and 30 points respectively. After them, Brett Baron, Tyler Melnyk, Tom Johnson and Daniel McQuade are all in the teens with points. Both Brodie MacDonald and…
According to the Peterborough Examiner, the Peterborough Lakers of Major Series Lacrosse have been forced to forfeit their first three games of the season. The Lakers, who had been 4-1, are now 1-4. This is due to the fact that forward Scott Evans had been supposed to sit out the first game of the season with a suspension but he did not, so the league took away the wins they…
On Friday night the undefeated Victoria Shamrocks faced off against the Burnaby Lakers. The Shamrocks heading into their game had beaten every team in the WLA aside from the Lakers. The Lakers, on the other hand, were looking to hand the Shamrocks their first loss. The first 10 minutes of this game started out slowly as both teams looked to gain an early advantage. The Shamrocks would draw first blood shortly after…
The 2014 Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) season is officially underway, each team now having played at least two games. Early in the year, some notable names have put up impressive performances. The Peterborough Lakers are in the midst of a three-game winning streak, which saw veteran John Grant Jr. display the talent that has plagued MSL defences for years. Grant appeared in just seven regular season games for Peterborough during…
The Langley Thunder come rumbling into this matchup one mere game ahead of the Victoria Shamrocks. Game time is tonight 7:45 pm in Langley, E.C. THE STATS Shamrocks are led by offensive powerhouse Corey Small who has recorded 28 points (15 goals, 13 assists) in just nine games. He’s been a League Leader and Top Three Star for ILWT this week The ironic side of Small is that this team averages…
The Oakville Rock (0-1) will look for their first win of the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) season when they host the defending Mann Cup champion Six Nations Chiefs (1-1) Monday, June 9. Oakville fell to the Peterborough Lakers in their season opener, dropping a back-and-forth affair 9-7. Stephan Leblanc and Rob Hellyer highlight a strong core of Toronto Rock members suiting up for Oakville this summer. Hellyer, who had a…
Last night the Burnaby Lakers faced off against the Coquitlam Adanacs. Burnaby were looking for a win to rebound from their loss against Langley on Friday night while Coquitlam was looking to rebound from a loss of their own. Burnaby started off the game strong as Dane Stevens drew first blood, scoring six minutes into the first period and giving the Lakers a 1-0 lead. The Adanacs would add to their problems…