Game 5 of the WLA final took place on Friday night as the Langley Thunder tried to close out the series at home with another victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs. While Coquitlam needed to get a win in order to stay alive in this series. The first period was defensive battle between the two teams as neither offense could get going in the early part of the period. Coquitlam would…
In a tight series like that of the WLA finals, a win in double overtime could be the turning point one side needs to break out and energize themselves and push toward the finish line. The series between the Langley Thunder and Coquitlam Adanacs has been a clinic in superior goaltending hosted by the former’s Brodie MacDonald and the latter’s Nick Rose. Rose was named WLA MVP shortly before this…
The Peterborough Lakers have been on fire. Literally. On Friday night, the Peterborough Examiner reported a small fire broke out in the roof of the Memorial Centre where the Lakers play their home games. Saturday’s game five of the MSL finals was always scheduled to be held in Six Nations, but the question was whether the Chiefs would come out firing, or if the red hot Lakers could finish off…
Last night the Langley Thunder went up two games to one in their Western Lacrosse Association finals to the Coquitlam Adanacs with a 9-5 win. Both teams were tied at five going into the third, but the Thunder would score four and shut out the Adanacs in the final frame. The Adanacs got two goals and two assists from Kevin Olson on a night where their offense struggled. Lewis Ratcliff…
Last night the Coquitlam Adanacs got back into their series with the Langley Thunder, tying the Western Lacrosse Association Finals at one. In Coquitlam, the Adanacs were led by Dane Dobbie who scored three goals and had two assists. Jason Jones and Ross Halliday also had two goals a piece. Daryl Veltman had three assists. For the Thunder, who fell 9-8, Athan Iannucci led with four goals and Lewis Ratcliff…
In the Western Lacrosse Association, the Langley Thunder and the Coquitlam Adanacs have been on a collision course virtually all season long. The dream series for BC lacrosse fans started on Sunday night in Langley as the defending WLA champions hosted the surging Adanacs. While the Thunder swept their opening round series against Burnaby, Coquitlam needed two extra games, and saw two others go to overtime, before making their way…
On Wednesday night the Coquitlam Adanacs punched their ticket to the WLA final after defeating the Victoria Shamrocks 8-7 in game 6 of their first round series. The WLA final will be between the Coquitlam Adanacs and the Langley Thunder. Langley is no stranger to the WLA final after winning the WLA championship last year and advancing to the Mann Cup. Coquitlam on the other hand has had a remarkable…
On Tuesday night game 5 of the playoff series between the Coquitlam Adanacs and the Victoria Shamrocks took place. Â The Adanacs had a 2-0 lead in the series but Victoria has been able to fight back and tie the series at 2-2. The winner of this game will take the lead in the series and be one game closer to advancing to the WLA final. Coquitlam got off to fast…
With the Langley Thunder advancing to the WLA final last week there is only one question on their mind who are they going to face. Coquitlam and Victoria are still battling to advance to the finals. Coquitlam looked like they were on their way to a sweep by winning the first two games of the series but Victoria has come back to tie up the series. So let’s take a…
On Thursday night the Langley Thunder took on the Burnaby Lakers in game 4 of their first round playoff series. Langley was looking for a win to close out the series and complete the sweep while Burnaby was looking to stay alive with a win. The first period began with Burnaby on the power play after Langley took a high sticking penalty just 37 seconds into the game. Langley though…