The Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) dropped a bombshell this week announcing some major changes for the 2014 season including new ownership as Canadian Lacrosse League Holdings Inc. has purchased the league from Paul St. John, who will stay on as a special advisor to the new owners. Canadian Lacrosse League Holdings Inc. is a collaboration of Ohsweken Demons owner Rodney Hill and Charlesway Corporation Ltd who own the Niagara Lock…
The Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) will enter into the 2014 season with a five team league featuring the Barrie Blizzard, Durham TurfDogs, Ohsweken Demons, Niagara Lock Monsters, and a travel team based out of Southwestern Ontario called the SouthWest Cyclops. Additionally, each team will play one game versus the Tuscarora Tomahawks based out of Cattaraugus, New York over the course of the season. The 2014 season will begin in early…
The Maple Ridge Burrards have made a move, trading transition man Jaeden Gastaldo to the Coquitlam Adanacs in exchange for defenseman Travis Irving. Gastaldo was drafted by the Burrards in the 2013 draft. He scored five points in 17 games last season, his first in the Western Lacrosse Association. Gastaldo is also a member of the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse league. Irving was drafted…
Team Canada once again came out on top over the Iroquois Nationals in the battle of the indoor lacrosse powerhouses, this time in a 12-11 thriller in front of 7,000 fans at the Bell Centre in Montreal,QC. Canada jumped out to a early 4-1 lead with goals from Stephan Leblanc(2), Jordan McIntosh, and Ryan Benesch. A highlight reel coast to coast rush to crease dive goal by Tom Montour helped…
After being offered the job as Peterborough Lakers head coach last week, Joe Sullivan says he will accept it.
The Iroquois Ironmen of the Canadian Lacrosse League have folded, and there is more team movement on the horizon.
After eleven seasons at the helm the Peterborough Lakers announced Thursday that they would not be renewing the contract of Head Coach/GM Jamie Batley. Batley led the team to five Mann Cup Championships and ten straight Major Series Lacrosse finals. The position has been offered to Peterborough native Joe Sullivan who said he needed some time to mull over the decision. Sullivan has been an assistant coach with the Lakers since…
Below is a full list of players in the Canadian Lacrosse League draft for this coming Sunday, plus analysis on some of the top players.
Just a week after naming Dan Dawson, Sandy Chapman and Jordan Hall captains for the red and white, the Canadian Lacrosse Association (CLA) and Team Canada Lacrosse are pleased to announce the full Team Canada roster for the November 17 international exhibition game against the Iroquois Nationals. Headlining the roster are names familiar to Canadian lacrosse fans. Stephan LeBlanc, Matt Vinc, Brodie Merrill and Patrick Merrill will all wear the…
The Maple Ridge Burrards are pleased to announce that Chris Gill has been appointed as the new Head Coach for the 2014 season. Chris comes with a rich family history of involvement in lacrosse. As a player in the Western Lacrosse Association, Chris accumulated 482 goals and 351 assists in 282 games. Gill’s teams made the playoffs nine times and he was a Mann Cup Finalist on two occasions. After…