Photo Credit: Dan Brodie Last season the Burnaby Lakers finished third in the regular season but they were outmatched in the playoffs when they faced off against the Victoria Shamrocks. The Shamrocks swept the Lakers in four games. This season Burnaby will be looking to improve upon their third-place finish and make a deeper run into the playoffs. Last season Burnaby’s biggest problem was their inconsistent goaltending. Starter Dan Lewis…
The Langley Thunder have announced their roster for the 2014 WLA season which begins this Saturday, May 17, against the Coquitlam Adanacs.The roster includes some new faces along with some key returning players such as Captain, Matt Leveque, who is entering his eighth season as team captain.Leading the charge on offense will be Athan Iannucci, as he returns to help lead a very different looking Langley lineup this season. Iannucci…
Last year the Langley Thunder fell in five games to the Victoria Shamrocks in the WLA final. This was the first time in the last three years that the Thunder did not represent the WLA at the Mann Cup. The Thunder will once again look to dominate the WLA in 2014. Going into the 2014 season Langley will hope that their defense can once again be the best in the WLA….
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The Western Lacrosse Association season is set to start in about 10 days when the Thunder play the Adanacs. According to Teddy Jenner from the Off the Crossebar radio show, the WLA and BC Lacrosse Officials Association have been negotiating their wages for some months. The refs would like to see their pay double, according to the report. They currently make $110 a game and $85…
The New Westminster Salmonbellies finished second last in the WLA last season with 7-10-1 record. One of the biggest bright spots during New Westminster’s 2013 season was the play of rookie Logan Schuss. Schuss had 29 goals and 27 assists for 56 points. Schuss also was awarded the WLA rookie of the year award. In his first year in the NLL Schuss has been putting on a show as he…
The Nanaimo Timbermen Sr A & Jr A Lacrosse Clubs are pleased to announce that they have moved their offices into Beban House located at 2290 Bowen Rd. The new Timbermen Office will be open 11am-4pm Monday to Friday. The teams, who were invited by the Nanaimo Clippers Jr Hockey Club have set up an executive office and have begun selling Season Tickets, Merchandise, Corporate Sponsorship Packages and much more. The T-Men…
With all of the transactions in the National Lacrosse League the past few days, there has also been some in the Western Lacrosse Association. The Victoria Shamrocks have signed Rhys Duch (Vancouver Stealth), Scott Ranger (Calgary Roughnecks), Corey Small (Edmonton Rush) and Karsen Leung (Calgary Roughnecks). All four of the NLL players signed were a part of last year’s team that went to the Mann Cup. “It’s shaping up to…
Thursday night the WLA draft will take place with the Coquitlam Adanacs having first pick. The rest of the pick order is as follows: 2. New Westminster Salmonbellies 3. Maple Ridge Burrards 4. Coquitlam Adanacs 5. New Westminster Salmonbellies 6. Victoria Shamrocks 7. Nanaimo Timberman With the draft order set here is a look at some of the top players in this year’s draft. Jesse King King made his WLA…
The Langley Thunder pleased to announce an expanded role for Les Wingrove. Effective immediately, Les will be taking over as one of the team’s Governors as well as Assistant General Manager. The role of Assistant General Manager was previously occupied by Gerry Van Beek. Wingrove has been with the Thunder since July of 2012 when he came on board as the Director of Scouting and Special Projects. He previously was…
This past week the New Westminster Salmonbellies traded star goalie Tyler Richards to the Burnaby Lakers. Richards sat out last season and the Bellies still got picks out of the trade. We caught up with New West GM Dan Richardson to discuss the trade. 1. Why the trade? Tyler made it clear to the organization he wasn’t going to play for us in 2014 or beyond. 2. How do you…