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Grant to Coach Sabertooths

August 6, 2013
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The defending MILA champion Colorado Sabertooths announced today that Colorado Mammoth forward John Grant Jr. has been formally introduced as the Sabertooths co-head coach, joining fellow Mammoth player John Gallant behind the bench.   “We are delighted to have John [Grant] join our coaching staff,” said Sabertooths general manager Matt Ogden. “He is not only a great player, but a very good teacher and communicator.” Grant’s storied playing career in…

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Rock Announce Blaine Manning as Assistant Coach

August 6, 2013
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Toronto Rock Head Coach John Lovell has announced his coaching staff for the 2014 season with the naming of Blaine Manning and Dan Ladouceur as his assistant coaches.  Matt Sawyer (Video) and Pat Campbell (Goaltending) will also return as assistant coaches this season.   Both Manning and Ladouceur enjoyed tremendous success in their playing days with the Rock and each spent their entire NLL careers with Toronto.  This will be…

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Shamrocks, Thunder Lead Series

August 5, 2013
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The WLA playoffs are under way and the Shamrocks and Langley both find themselves with 1-0 series leads. The first game between the Thunder and the Adanacs was a story of three different games. The Thunder came out on fire in the first period as they outclassed the Adanacs and had a 7-2 lead after one period of play. In the second period the Adanacs came roaring back as they…

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Evaluating Team USA Invites

August 3, 2013
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What better way is there to play the sport you love, than to represent your country? That’s what 98 lacrosse players will try to do as they participate in tryouts for Team USA at Goucher College in Baltimore. There were 156 applicants alone for spots on the tryout roster, which was released during the Denver versus Chesapeake game this past Saturday. Choosing 98 players is no easy task, especially out…

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Smith Blog: The National Championships

August 1, 2013
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This year, Ontario has the honour of hosting both the Peewee and Midget Lacrosse Championships of Canada. This is a week-long event where each Province sends a team made up of the best players and coaches from the Province. This should be the most exciting lacrosse of the year and looks like it is going to be a great week.     For an event like this there is a special…

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Lakers Control Destiny with win over Thunder

July 27, 2013
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There two games on the WLA Schedule on Friday night both with playoff implications. Burnaby Lakers (14) vs. Langley (6) Going into this game the Thunder had nothing to play for in their final game of the season while Burnaby with a win could vault into second place with a win. Burnaby would open the scoring as Robert Church scored twice to give the Lakers the early 2-0 lead. The…

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Thunder, Shamrocks Play Last Games

July 26, 2013
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With the WLA Season comes  to a close this weekend here is a preview of this weekend’s match ups. Langley Thunder (11-4-2) vs. Burnaby Lakers (9-7) The Thunder clinched first place last week so they are basically now just playing for pride and looking towards the playoffs. Burnaby on the other hand are just one point up on Coquitlam for third place and just two points back of Victoria for…

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