Coverage of lacrosse in Ontario, including the OLA, MSL and Toronto Rock.
Week 14 was set to be a busy one, as there were 10 games scheduled to be played from Friday to Sunday. One of the contests under the biggest spotlight was a rematch of last season’s NLL Finals as the Saskatchewan Rush shipped up to Buffalo to take on the Bandits. During those Finals, both teams were in very similar positions. This year, not so much. The Rush were the…
The finale of Week 9 games came to us from the Loud House in Denver, Colorado. The hometown Mammoth have been on a tear lately and looked to continue that by fending off the visiting Oshawa FireWolves. Colorado used eight different goal scorers, four of which had multi-goal games and continued their winning ways, boosting their win streak to four with a 15-11 win. The newest Oshawa FireWolves forward, Dawson…
Canadian Tire Centre was the place to be in Canada’s capital on Friday night. The hometown Ottawa Black Bears took their home turf and welcomed the Vancouver Warriors for a Week 9 clash for Canadian supremacy. Time for some honesty; Vancouver won this game 12-8, and while the final score is indicative of a relatively close game, Vancouver controlled this one for most of it. This contest was a track…
Up to this point early in the season, both the Buffalo Bandits and Ottawa Black Bears found themselves in the middle of the pack. One thing that differentiated these two from the rest is that neither team had lost two consecutive games this season. All in all, that means proper adjustments were made to avoid a skid on both sides. That point was going to come to an end in…
Toronto Rock Owner, President, and GM Jamie Dawick today announced the acquisition of goaltender Steve Orleman via trade from the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for a 2026 3rd round draft pick. The Rock currently own two 2026 third round picks, Vancouver’s and their own, and Buffalo will receive the lesser of the two picks. “I’ve watched him play since he was 14 and he was always one of the best,”…
Coming off their third (and final) bye week of the season, the Toronto Rock won their first major road trip of the season Friday night 12-7 in San Diego. CJ Kirst once again showed why Toronto picked him first overall with the best offensive game of his career – five goals, and six points. However, the focus postgame was on the defensive effort. The San Diego Seals scored twice on…
On December 19, 2025, the Oshawa FireWolves held their first teddy bear toss at Tribute Communities Centre. Oshawa started the game hot, leading 4-1 after the first period. The teddy bear toss was supposed to be after the FireWolves’s first goal in the second period, but it was Vancouver scoring the only goal in a quiet frame, postponing the toss to after halftime. Taggart Clark scored the teddy bear goal…
The Oshawa Firewolves, Buffalo Bandits, and Las Vegas Desert Dogs today announced they will battle it out for the second annual Tucker Out Lymphoma Cup during the 2025-26 NLL season. The multi-game in-season series won by the Bandits last season, honors the life of Tucker Williams and his 11-month battle with Burkitt’s Lymphoma. Tucker is the son of Desert Dogs head coach and general manager Shawn Williams and the younger brother of FireWolves…
The Ottawa Black Bears were hunting for something with wings and they found it Saturday night, as Ottawa held off Philadelphia with a 16-12 win at Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, ON. What is more impressive is that each team was perfect on their power plays. Ottawa was a perfect 3-3 while the Wings were a perfect 4-4. Also impressive was Brennan O’Neill’s first career sock trick (six goals) and…
Saturday night featured some lacrosse after dark, as the late game saw the Las Vegas Desert Dogs welcome the Ottawa Black Bears to Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada. I’ll tell you now that the Desert Dogs snuck away with a 10-9 victory, but it certainly didn’t look like it was going to be that close for a vast majority of the game. Kudos to Ottawa for not rolling over…