We are on the March to May, and the playoff push is heating up. One of the Week 19 marquee matchups was between the Buffalo Bandits and the Vancouver Warriors. Buffalo was coming in as one of the league’s hottest teams, while Vancouver was atop the standings. A raucous Banditland was ready for a heavyweight bout. With the way the Bandits were playing as of late, and with Vancouver looking…
While their offence scored four times each period, the Langley Thunder defence and goaltending continued to get stingier as the game went on, doubling up the Burnaby Lakers 12-6 on Wednesday night. The two Western Lacrosse Association rivals were playing at Langley Events Centre for the second time in three weeks — with the Thunder winning both – to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Lakers fell to 0-4….
The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers had their five-game win streak snapped on Thursday night with a 9-7 loss to the Oakville Rock at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. After going back and forth for the first 40 minutes, Peterborough led 7-6 in the third period. Tyler Hendrycks tied the game on an outside shot before Sam Leclair’s second goal of the the game gave Oakville a one-goal lead. Leclair scooped up…
The second round of the NLL Playoffs came to us from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York on Friday night. The hometown Bandits welcomed the Vancouver Warriors for the first game of the best-of-three series. The path that these two clubs took to get to this point was vastly different. Buffalo defeated San Diego 5-4, in the lowest scoring game in history, while Vancouver exploded for 15 goals in their…
For the first time in the Halifax Thunderbirds’ history, they have won a single elimination quarter-final game. Defeating the Calgary Roughnecks 16-12 on Saturday night at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax to move on to the semi-finals against the Saskatchewan Rush. “It’s an awesome feeling, it is the first playoff win in my career as well, so I’m still getting used to it and getting prepared for the next week,”…
MISSISSAUGA, CANADA – FEBRUARY 22: the NLL regular season game between the Georgia Swarm and the Toronto Rock at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre on February 22, 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Christian Bender/NLL) One-goal games have not been the friend of the Toronto Rock. Fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive, and just 1-4 in one-goal games this season, the Rock were in another tight battle Saturday…
Two lengthy streaks were snapped on Saturday afternoon as the Grizzlies broke a seven-game winless streak thanks to an 11-7 win over the Black Fish while the Shooting Eagles saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end following an 11-9 loss to the Sea Spray. The four teams were playing week 9 action of the Arena Lacrosse League West Division at Langley Events Centre. Grizzlies 11 Black Fish 7…
The Shooting Eagles hold a two-game lead atop the standings while the Black Fish broke through for their first win following week 4 action of the Arena Lacrosse League West Division on Saturday at Langley Events Centre. The Eagles sit at a perfect 4-0 after defeating the Sea Spray (2-2) 17-7 in one contest, while in the other, the Black Fish won 12-9 over the Grizzlies, leaving both teams with…
The 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships took place in Utica, NY, this September, with 28 teams contesting the men’s division and 10 in the first-ever women’s championship. Our Cliff McCaig was in Utica capturing the action as it happened! Here are photos from the gold medal games! The Canadian men were victorious over the USA, while the USA women’s team won over Canada.
You know that part of moving day when all your furniture is gone and you find all the junk, dust and dirt you dropped behind the couch over the years? That was the same type of mess in the standings and playoff scenarios on Day 5 of the Presidents Cup in Oakville. Throughout the day there were possibilities for a three-way tie for first, another three-way logjam for third through…