WILC Recap: Day Three Sees Australia, Israel Soar

September 21, 2015

Day three at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships saw another day full of intense round robin play and some insight into a potential gold medal rematch. Canada catapulted themselves into the driver seat towards another gold medal, and shows no lead is too large to overcome. Australia has emerged as a potential threat down the stretch, rattling off three straight wins. As the standings start to take shape, and every…

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U.S.A. Dominates Czech Republic 14-7; Evens Record 1-1

September 20, 2015

This afternoon Team U.S.A. rebounded from an opening tournament loss to Iroquois on Friday night, to defeat the Czech Republic 14-7, and even their record at 1-1. The United States came out on a mission. After allowing an opening minute goal to the Czech Republic, Team U.S.A. went on their first six goal run of the game that only took 4:53 of playing time.  That was basically all they needed…

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Slow Start Dooms U.S.A. in 13-9 Defeat to Iroquois

September 19, 2015

The Iroquois National Team opened their quest for the gold in the 2015 FIL World Indoor Championships with a 13-9 victory over Team U.S.A. at the War Memorial. Iroquois was led by Jeff Shattler (3G/4A) and Lyle Thompson (3G/2A). The game started with a number of scoring chances by both teams, but stingy defense prevailed until the 3:15 mark when Johnny Powless (2G/3A) scored the first of his two goals…

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2015 WILC: USA vs Iroquois

September 18, 2015

The host team Iroquois Nationals will make their tournament debut against an offensively loaded Team USA tonight at 8:30PM at the War Memorial in Syracuse. The Nationals are headlined by the world renowned Thompson Brothers, Lyle, Miles, Jeremey, and Hiana. USA looks to try to open the tournament with a win also, with strong offensive power from the likes of Casey Powell, Garrett Thul, and 2015 MSL MVP Joe Resetarits….

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2015 WILC: Israel vs Serbia

September 18, 2015

Israel will face Serbia in WILC action to open up their tournaments. This will be Israel’s second world games in men’s lacrosse but its first in the indoor game. Last summer at the field games in Denver, Israel was very good in their first world games placing in the top eight as one of the surprise teams. For Serbia, they will be playing in their first world box games as…

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Highlighting Pro Players At the WILC

September 17, 2015

The WILC tournament this week will highlight exceptional indoor lacrosse talent from all over the world. Many of the top professional players are playing for a North American team; USA, Canada, or Iroquois. Many of those players are stars in the NLL or MLL, but the other teams have plenty of professional talent as well. Nick Rose—England Rose is one of the goalies for the Toronto Rock of the National…

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Riorden Blazes His Way Towards Team USA

September 13, 2015

Team USA only has one current college star on its roster and that player is Albany goalie Blaze Riorden. Blaze is going into his fourth year as a starting goalie for the Great Danes and the Fairport native has played a huge part in taking his team to the NCAA tournament the past three springs. This past summer was his third as a member of the Junior B Akwesasne Indians…

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One on One With the World Lacrosse Foundation

September 12, 2015

Andrew Baker: First and foremost introductions are in order.  Besides Casey Powell who is The World Lacrosse Foundation (WLF) leadership and key players? Lew Hamilton: Well, the WLF Board of Advisers is a small group of like-minded individuals bent on helping people really get more out of life through the power of sport—specifically our sport, lacrosse. Our Board is entirely populated with biographies of how lacrosse has positively affected a person’s…

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WILC Player Blog: Deutschland U19

September 11, 2015

Today the Deutschland Adler U-19 played our first ever international game. We took on a well run and highly skilled Wilmot Wild of the OJCLL in an exhibition game at the Syl Apps Community Center in Paris, ON (home of the SouthWest Cyclops of CLax). For me it was the first night with the team, some guys arrived as early as Monday, while other arrived yesterday where the team held our first…

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Audio: Powell, Thul, Ratcliffe At Team USA Scrimmage

September 6, 2015

Yesterday we were live at the Team USA scrimmage as they practiced with their recently cut down roster. After the scrimmage, we caught up with a few players and the team’s general manager to discuss the team’s preparations for the WILC tournament. Casey Powell Jeff Ratcliffe Jimmy Butler Garrett Thul

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