Tonight in the MSL the Oakville Rock play host to the Six Nations Chiefs. This will be the Rock’s first game in their new arena in Oakville since their move from Ajax. The Six Nations Chiefs on pap er have one of the best offenses on paper in the MSL. The Chiefs are led by NLL stars Colin Doyle, Cody Jamieson, Casey Biernes along with CLAX top scorers Corey Fowler…
The 2013 season has not been the sophomore season that the Ohio Machine, or their fans were expecting. The Machine had a ton of talent last season and added a bunch in the off-season via free agency and the draft. However, these pieces haven’t been put together correctly yet as the Machine still remains winless. However, there are a few bright spots for the Machine’s season thus far. Steele Stanwick…
The Six Nations Arrows took it to the Peterborough Lakers early and often on Sunday in Junior A action at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. Randy Staats scored 35 seconds into the game before and then was tossed from the game 1:25 later for fighting with Curtis Perry. It looked like the momentum was going to swing Peterborough’s way after that as Riley Quinlan scored just 35 seconds later to knot…
One of the most popular discussions in lacrosse today is the presence of American players in the NLL. It hit its lowest point last season with just 28 players, 18 of them on the Philadelphia Wings. With leagues like the NALL and others, some players got more chances to show their NLL skills- Ethan Farrell is a good example, and some other American rookies like CJ Costabile have emerged. This…
The second game of the 2013 Major Series Lacrosse season goes underway tonight as the Six Nations Chiefs host the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks. The Chiefs look to capture their first MSL championship in fifteen years after a heartbreaking league final loss to the Mann Cup champions Peterborough Lakers last year. Six Nations won’t have a hard time finding the back of the cage this season as they are lead by the…
Today marks the 43rd NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Semifinals appearance in Championship history. This year’s Final Four is located at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Unseeded Cornell (12-3) plays #7 seeded Duke (12-5) at 2:30 p.m. Both Cornell and Duke have reached the Championship game once in the last 5 years while Duke won their last opportunity in 2010. Cornell is led by top prospect Rob Pannell while Duke is…
After kicking off the 2012 season with four-consecutive wins, the Denver Outlaws head into their bye week with an unbeaten 4-0 record and tied for the top spot in Major League Lacrosse. The Outlaws found success away from Denver to kick off the season, opening with three-consecutive road wins, before returning home and blowing-out Rochester 20-7 in their home opener. “In this league, early-season wins are important,” Head…
Tonight in Jr.A Lacrosse Action the (2-1) Brampton Excelsiors host the Barrie Lakeshores (4-0). The Excelsiors will have their work cut out for them as the Lakeshores are streaking. The Excelsiors are led on offense by Jake Weidner and Wayne McCann. Both of these players will need to be on their game and help spark the Excelsior’s offense. In net the Excelsior’s are relying on Ryan Kelly. Kelly has posted…
Last night the Victoria Shamrocks picked up their second win with a 10-7 victory over the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Victoria had 54 shots on goal while the ‘Bellies had 51.
Goods Corner is a new weekly editorial from Jack Goods covering the latest topics of interest around the sport of lacrosse. You can get in on the conversation by writing in the comment section below or by hitting Jack up on Twitter @GoodsOnSabres. Last year I discovered the LXM Pro Tour for the first time, and thought it was really a good idea. I wrote a piece about why it…