Smith Blog: The National Championships

August 1, 2013

This year, Ontario has the honour of hosting both the Peewee and Midget Lacrosse Championships of Canada. This is a week-long event where each Province sends a team made up of the best players and coaches from the Province. This should be the most exciting lacrosse of the year and looks like it is going to be a great week.     For an event like this there is a special…

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Chiefs Draw First Blood

August 1, 2013

Six Nations (#1) vs Kitchener – Waterloo (#4) The regular season champions; Six Nations Chiefs (16-3-1) continued their dominance with a 13-7 victory over the Kitchener – Waterloo Kodiaks (10-9-1) in the opening game of the MSL Playoffs on Tuesday night.   Craig Point led the Chiefs with eight points (4G, 4A) on the night with secondary scoring from Colin Doyle (3G, 3A).  Evan Kirk earned the win in net…

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WLA Playoffs: Players to Watch

July 31, 2013

As the WLA playoffs are set to begin here are the players to watch out for: Cory Conway: Conway finished second in points this season with 87 points. The majority of Conway’s points came from his playmaking skills as he registered 67 assists. Conway can change a game in a heartbeat if he gets space as he is one of the best playmakers in the WLA and expect him to…

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Can Kodiaks Upset Chiefs?

July 30, 2013

The Six Nations Chiefs and the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves are set to begin their Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) playoff series Tuesday, July 30 at 8 p.m.   The two teams kicked off their respective regular seasons against one another with the Chiefs defeating the Braves 10-6. Six Nations were victorious in all four regular season games versus K-W, however, these wins by no means came easy. Apart from the season opener,…

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Thunder look to fry Adanacs

July 30, 2013

Langley thunder (1) vs. Coquitlam (4) In a rematch of last year’s WLA final the Langley Thunder will take on the Coquitlam Adanacs. The Thunder walked into the playoff after securing first place in the WLA while the Adanacs turned their season around after a five game winning streak. These two teams are also connected as the Adanacs traded Dane Dobbie and last year’s MVP Nick Rose to Langley. Langley…

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Lakers hope to upset Shamrocks

July 29, 2013

These two teams battled all year and it came down to the very last day of the season to decide who got the second seed in the WLA. Burnaby won the season series between these two teams, taking games 12-11 and 10-8 while Victoria won the first meeting 14-8. The Shamrocks have one of the deepest offenses in the league aside from the Langley Thunder.  Victoria had three players in…

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WLA Playoff Preview: Thunder, Shamrocks Have Advantages

July 28, 2013

The WLA playoff picture has become clear and now only four teams are left standing. Here is the preview for the two playoff series. Langley Thunder (1) vs. Coquitlam (4) In a rematch of last year’s WLA final the Langley Thunder will take on the Coquitlam Adanacs. The Thunder walked into the playoff after securing first place in the WLA while the Adanacs turned their season around after a five…

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