Coverage of lacrosse in Ontario, including the OLA, MSL and Toronto Rock.
It was a battle of last place teams but you’d never know it from the intensity on the floor Saturday night as the Toronto Rock took down the Vancouver Stealth 13-11 at the Langley Events Centre. The Rock move into a tie with the Georgia Swarm for fourth place in the East, two games back of the Rochester Knighthawks for the last playoff spot with five games remaining. Vancouver remains…
The Saskatchewan Rush have punched their ticket to the 2016 playoffs with a 13-8 win over the Toronto Rock Saturday night at the SaskTel Centre. 13,123 fans cheered on the Rush to an intense victory over the Rock, the team they beat 11-9 the night before. The Rush have secured a playoff spot and also kept pace with the Colorado Mammoth, also winners on Saturday, for first place in the…
Friday night in Oshawa the Durham Turfdogs and Ohsweken Demons face off against each other at the General Motors Centre in the Creator’s Cup final game to determine the 2016 Canadian Lacrosse League champion. The Turfdogs are playing for the cup for the first time in the league’s five year history. The Demons are playing in their third straight Creator’s Cup, but lost their previous two attempts to Niagara and…
Toronto has fallen back in love with the Rock and it’s all thanks to Nick Rose. A dismal opening to the 2016 has been erased with the great play of Rose, who made 46 saves Sunday afternoon en route to defeating the visiting Vancouver Stealth 9-6 at the Air Canada Centre. Vancouver and Toronto are both last in their respective divisions. The win was just Toronto’s third of the season,…
“We kept throwing gas on the fire.” – John Lovell The Toronto Rock probably spent awhile cursing the name Curtis Dickson on Friday night. The Rock fell to 2-7 and remain in last place in the East after a 15-10 loss to Dickson’s Calgary Roughnecks at the Air Canada Centre, their first of two home games this weekend. Dickson’s sock trick led the Roughnecks to their first win since February…
Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick has announced two roster moves leading into the Rock’s first-ever home double-header weekend at Air Canada Centre. Forward Brett Hickey has been moved to the Active Roster, while defender Scott Johnston has been placed on the Injured Reserve – First Level. Brett Hickey has missed the Rock’s last two games after sustaining a lower body injury against the New England Black Wolves…
Our very own Pat Gregoire makes his picks for the ILWT Three Stars for week seven of the 2016 CLax season.
Everything’s coming up Rosey for the Toronto Rock. In avenging two early season losses they took down the Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday at the Air Canada Centre 17-6. The Rock still sit last in the NLL but are now on a two game winning streak with three more home games to play before they hit the road again. The Knighthawks fall to 3-4 and sit in fourth place in the…
In Lacrosse We Trust is pleased to announce the expansion of our already extensive lacrosse coverage by including new weekly digital content. This is the first of many videos that we will produce to improve our loyal readers, and now viewers experience on ILWT. For our first video, our very own Pat Gregoire selects his three stars for week eight of the 2016 NLL season. Enjoy!
1-6 never felt so good. Toronto Rock goaltender Nick Rose was all smiles after his team’s first win of the season Friday night, a night on which he also made team history. Rose’s empty net goal at 13:43 of the fourth quarter was the first ever goal scored by a Toronto Rock goaltender. A goalie goal. It was the insurance marker in a 14-12 win over the Buffalo Bandits, the…