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…
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…
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…
The Western Lacrosse Association season may be over, but moves are still being made as teams try to better themselves for the 2014 season.
2013 was a great year in the WLA with all seven teams competing night in and night out for a chance to host the Mann Cup.
The Shamrocks had one hell of a season as they made the Mann Cup for the first time since 2005. Unfortunately they were not able to overcome the Six Nations Chiefs in the Mann cup and lost the series 4-2. The Shamrocks had a great season in the WLA as they finished with an 11-7 record and finished second in the WLA. In the playoffs they were able to avenge…
On Friday night game six of the Mann Cup took place with the Victoria Shamrocks battling for their lives while the Six Nations Chiefs were looking to win the Mann Cup and bring it back out east. This game would start similarly to many of the others in this series as Six Nations would draw first blood as Kasey Beirnes beat Matt Vinc to put the Chiefs ahead 1-0. The…
On Friday Night game six of the Mann cup will be played. The Chiefs come into the Mann Cup leading the series 3-2 giving them a chance to win the Mann Cup tonight. The Shamrocks come into this game playing for survival trying to force a pivotal game seven. In order to win the Chiefs need to continue to be aggressive. The Chiefs offense overwhelmed the Shamrocks last game and…
Last night the Victoria Shamrocks faced off against then Six Nations Chiefs in game five of the Mann Cup final. The series was tied 2-2 heading into game five so this was a pivotal game as it could swing the momentum of the whole series. The two teams started this game off pretty slowly compared to the other four games as neither team could score early. Both teams were generating…