As NLL Commissioner George Daniel announced the 33rd pick overall in the 2012 draft, Simon Giourmetakis could only think of one thing; he was heading home. The Edmonton, AB native has played away from home for quite some time. Giourmetakis played four years in the NCAA for the Canisus Golden Griffins, played his final year of his junior career with the Coquitlam Adanacs (Minto Cup Champion 2010) and played this…
CLax made through one year. Despite all the adversity they endured, the league made it past year one, more than a lot of leagues can say about themselves. Yesterday, the league announced three new franchises; Toronto, Barrie and St. Catharines. However, now the league owns five of those teams, and league commissioner Paul St. John isn’t pulling any punches about how he feels about that. “Real excited, spreading the teams…
The Canadian Lacrosse League has announced there will be three new teams for the 2013 season; Toronto, St. Catharines and Barrie. The Toronto Shooting Stars are the former Oshawa Machine. The St. Catharines team is the former Peel Avengers and Barrie will be an expansion team. Rob Blasdell will be the head coach and GM of that team. These teams will all have their own arenas, and Toronto will be…
Most of the players in the NLL draft come from the Canadian junior ranks. But some come from more places than others, and some have played in college, MSL, WLA, MILA and other leagues. Below is a chart of where the most players come from throughout North America. Top College Hartford University 3 Robert Morris University 3 Simon Fraser University 2 Duke University 2 Denver University 2 Limestone University 2…
The Brock Badgers suffered their first loss of the 2012 season in front of a rowdy homecoming crowd as the Western Mustangs upended the Badgers 11-10 to remain undefeated in 6 games. The Mustangs improve their record to 6-0 are the only remaining undefeated squad in the East. “It was a great game and it could have gone either way†said Sophomore Dylan Ham who scored two goals and recorded…
During the Mann Cup one of the biggest stories was that both Langley coach Rod Jensen and Peterborough coach Jaime Bately were suspended due to violating the rules of the Canadian Centre for ethics in sports (CCES). It was reported that both coaches had disrupted the CCES’s drug testing procedures. These suspensions were then stayed after game 5 and both coaches were allowed to coach in game 6. News came…
According to reports, the Canadian Lacrosse Association has indefinitely suspended Langley Thunder head coach Rod Jensen for his actions during the doping testing during the Mann Cup. The biggest story during Canada’s national lacrosse championship was the doping testing for both teams, and the coaches of both the Thunder and the Peterborough Lakers had been suspended for the entire Mann Cup before being reinstated. The Thunder lost in the Mann…
The Canadian Lacrosse League has made several announcements via their Twitter page the last few days, one having to do with their schedule and one about an expansion franchise. The first one game on September 12th where they said “Clax 2013 schedule to be released soon. Season opener is January 12th, a Creator’s Cup rematch – Ohsweken Demons and the Iroquois Ironmen.” The same day, CLax tweeted that expansion franchises…
The Iroquois Nationals have announced their roster for the Third Annual Bowhunter Cup, which will take place at The Blue Cross Arena on Saturday, October 13th at 8:00 p.m. The Iroquois Nationals will take on the United States in the International Exhibition at the home of the National Lacrosse League Rochester Knighthawks. “We look forward to an exciting game, between two highly talented teams with stacked rosters,†said Iroquois Nationals General…
In a Mann Cup where coaches were suspended and controversy surrounded potential doping, there was a positive story that came out of the Peterborough Lakers 2012 Mann Cup victory. That positive was goaltender Mike Thompson, who came in and won the Lakers four straight games. The Lakers goalie had been Tyler Carlson when Peterborough lost the first two games of the series to the Langley Thunder. Thompson replaced Carlson midway through Game…