With the Victoria Shamrocks disposing of the New Westminster Salmonbellies in a series sweep 4-0 and the Maple Ridge Burrards beating out the Burnaby Lakers 4-2 we have our WLA finals set. Coming into this series the Shamrocks took two of three games in the season series (7-4/8-7) and tied the last game 9-9 with Curtis Dickson scoring 7 points for the Burrards in the last affair and what I…
Only two teams remain in the hunt to host the 2014 Mann Cup. Peterborough and Six Nations started their series on Thursday in Peterborough. Six Nations knocked off the first place Brooklin Redmen in five games, while the Lakers took down a tough, up-and-coming KW squad. Peterborough leads the Six Nations series one game to none after winning game one 9-7. Game two is Tuesday night in Six Nations. Thursday’s…
The 2014 Minto Cup, Canada’s National Junior A Lacrosse Championship, starts this Saturday (August 16) at the Langley Events Centre. The best-of-7 West versus East series will feature some of the best junior A lacrosse players in the country. Two of lacrosse’s most storied junior franchises will meet in this year’s final. The East will be represented by the Six Nations Arrows who defeated last year’s Minto Cup champion Whitby…
The Six Nations Chiefs and Peterborough Lakers will continue their quests towards a Mann Cup title, as the squads are set to square off in the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) finals. Both Six Nations and Peterborough closed out their opening round series Monday night, defeating the Brooklin Redmen and Kitchener-Waterloo Braves, respectively. Peterborough’s Mark Steenhuis, who earned the title of regular season scoring champion with 83 points (43 G, 40…
Brooklin 0 Six Nations 3 After cruising through the regular season, the Brooklin Redmen suddenly find themselves in the unenviable position of being down 3-0 in their semi-final series against the Six Nations Chiefs. Even in front of a home crowd bolstered by OLA Festival patrons, the Redmen have been unable to muster any fight, losing games one (9-8) and three (10-6) at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. Game two,…
With both series’ getting under way for the 2014 WLA playoffs and the road to the Mann cup tonight, we take a look at the second series being Maple Ridge Burrards versus the Burnaby Lakers. Both teams are coming into the post season on a high note finishing one and two in WLA standing respectively but it’s the big name players on Maple Ridge that I think will really make…
With the regular season over it’s time to look at the road to the Mann cup, with defending WLA champion Langley Thunder not making the post season dance we know we will have a new champion, but, who will it be? Starting with New Westminister Salmonbellies facing off against the first overall Victoria Shamorocks series starting tonight (August 6) at The Q center on the island. The ‘Rocks swept the…
The Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks were able to level the playing field in Game Two of their opening round Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) playoff series with the Peterborough Lakers after capturing a 13-7 road win Tuesday night. K-W jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, finishing the first period with a 4-2 advantage thanks to apair of tallies from recent Buffalo Bandits’ signee Corey Fowler. Ryan Benesch notched a pair of goals…
With a victory tonight, the Six Nations Arrows will be crowned Ontario Jr. A Championship for the first time since 2007. The defending National Champions look to keep their playoff hopes alive tonight and continue their hunt to capture their second Minto Cup in four years. The Arrows have outscored the defending Minto Cup Champions Warriors 31-11 in the opening three games. Six Nations have been led by Johnny Poweless…
The Brooklin Redmen find themselves in an awkward position after Sunday night, losing to the Six Nations Chiefs 9-8. Fans of the powerhouse Redmen, who cruised through the regular season, expected them to cruise right through the playoffs too. However, after Sunday’s opener at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby, the Redmen find themselves down 1-0 to the Chiefs, a team that was barely better than .500 this season….