Coverage of lacrosse in Ontario, including the OLA, MSL and Toronto Rock.
Rogers Arena in Vancouver was the place to be Friday night, as the hometown Warriors welcomed in the Ottawa Black Bears. Both teams were in similar positions in the standings, so this one was crucial for a bit of jockeying. The game as a whole was very low-scoring and featured two phenomenal performances from both netminders. Aden Walsh and the Warriors got the better of the Black Bears, winning 8-4….
Oakville, ON – Toronto Rock Owner, President, and General Manager Jamie Dawick announced today that star forward Mark Matthews will undergo shoulder surgery and has been moved to the Season Ending Injured Reserve List. The procedure, scheduled for February 7, can best be explained as a tendon repair. The surgery involves having part of the rotator cuff repaired in addition to having 7mm of bone shaved off an area of…
A dominating defensive performance and Tom Schreiber being Tom Schreiber were exactly what the Toronto faithful had been waiting for as the Rock continued their turn-around with a 14-9 victory over the Calgary Roughnecks on Friday night at Scotiabank Saddledome. The return of 2023 Defensive Player of the Year Latrell Harris from a devastating ACL injury provided a huge boost to the Toronto back end. The Rock seemed energized as…
Friday night’s tilt between the Ottawa Black Bears and the Georgia Swarm was very reminiscent of when the sports world was impacted by Covid. The difference is there weren’t very many people at the game because of the weather. A snowstorm hit the Georgia area, along with surrounding areas, and negatively affected the fans’ ability to travel to and from. Admittedly, it is pretty cool to hear the players communicate…
There is no gentle way to say this. The Buffalo Bandits have dominated the Toronto Rock over the past few seasons, no matter if it’s the regular season or the playoffs. The Bandits have won seven straight times and 10 of their last 11 meetings. The last time Toronto beat Buffalo was April 1st 2023, which was over 600 days ago. Their rivalry is arguably the fiercest in the NLL…
If you’re a fan of goaltending, then Saturday night’s tilt between the San Diego Seals and Ottawa Black Bears was for you. The stage was set at Pechanga Arena, and the two brightest stars were the men with the most pads. Christopher Origlieri and Zach Higgins combined for 77 saves on 88 shots. Basic math tells us that there were only 11 goals scored in the game, tying the least…
The opener of the week three slate was set to be something special. The hometown Ottawa Black Bears welcomed in the champs, the Buffalo Bandits. Ottawa and Buffalo were coming off of wins in their season openers, and they’d be clashing for the first time ever. (Considering Ottawa is in its first year of existence.) Buffalo used multiple four-plus goal runs throughout to absolutely cruise to an 18-7 victory. Talk…
A new National Lacrosse League season kicked off with a return to Ottawa on Friday night. The Blackbears were fuelled by career performances from trade acquisitions Zach Higgins, Jacob Dunbar and 7,000 fans at Canadian Tire Centre as they defeated the injury-depleted Toronto Rock 11-5. When free agency opened in early September, Rich Lisk began reconstructing the New York Riptide roster that would relocate to Ottawa. Within two days he…
Food for thought: Is it really that uncharacteristic if a team loses to the same opponent eight straight times and suffers three straight eliminations from the playoffs? Regardless of that, game two of the semifinal round was set from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo won game one Friday night in Hamilton, so they set their sights on punching their ticket to their third straight Finals appearance. Banditland was…
Uncharacteristic. It’s perhaps the only word to describe the Toronto Rock’s 12-4 loss to the Buffalo Bandits on Friday night. Prior to game one of the semifinal series, Toronto (who sported the best goal differential in the regular season) had never been shutout in a half in the playoffs (it was 5-0 at halftime). The Rock matched a franchise low in goals scored (4: Jan 12 in Minnesota, and Feb…