Coverage of lacrosse in Ontario, including the OLA, MSL and Toronto Rock.
This Sunday the Toronto Rock take on the Minnesota Swarm in the first round of the NLL playoffs. These two teams met twice this season with both games being decided by one goal. These two teams should put on one hell of a game on Sunday. For the Swarm, they will be relying on the trio of Callum Crawford, Ryan Benesch and Shayne Jackson. Crawford led the swarm with 32…
The Toronto Rock once again finished on top of the Eastern Division and will be looking to begin their run to the NLL Championship. The Rock came up just short of the championship last year as they lost in the division final against the eventual champions the Rochester Knighthawks. The Rock finished this year with a 10-6 record. The Rock had a 5-4 record against the rest of the Eastern…
As the final week of the CLAX season comes to a close here are your three stars for the week. 3.Pat Saunders: Saunders showed off his goal scoring ability against the Ironmen scoring five goals and 2 assists. While the Inferno wound up losing 14-13 it was still a great effort turned in by Saunders as he left everything on the floor against the Ironmen. 2. Caleb Wiles: Wiles struck…
Tonight the Toronto Rock (9-4) take on the Rochester Knighthawks (4-6). The Knighthawks have struggled this year and need a big win to move into a tie for second place in the east. While Toronto will look to strengthen their grip on first in the east with another win. The Rock will look to spread the ball out against the Knighthawks and use all their offensive weapons in order to…
If you were hoping for the Bandits to start turning things around, Toronto is probably the last team you’d want them to play. Unfortunately for Buffalo that’s exactly who they have to play tonight in hopes of beginning to move in the right direction. Both these teams have something in common, getting embarrassed by the Edmonton Rush a week ago. The Bandits lost to the Rush 14-7 on Saturday in…
After a great week 11 in Clax here are the three stars of the week: 3. The third star this week is Kevin Croswell. After being signed by the Durham TurfDogs this week he was thrown to the wolves as he faced the Oshweken Demons in his first game. Croswell stepped up an made forty- six saves on the night to get the TufDogs a much needed win. 2. The…
On Sunday the Brampton Inferno faced off against the Barrie Blizzard. The Blizzard were looking to once again defeat the Inferno after claiming their first ever win in franchise history against the Inferno in week 10. While Brampton needed a win to keep pace in the standings. Reed Board got the action started as he scored to give Barrie a 1-0 lead and got the home crowd pumped up. Brampton…
Today in Clax action Brampton travels to Barrie to take on the Blizzard. The Inferno are coming off a12-7 win over the Durham TurfDogs and need to keep their momentum going as they are two points back of the Oshweken Demons for third place in the league. While the Blizzard are playing for pride as they round out their season. The last time these two teams met Barrie notched…
As we head into week 11 of the CLAX season a pivotal matchup is on the schedule as the Durham TurfDogs (5-6) host the Oshweken Demons (7-5) at 2pm at the General Motors Centre. This is a big game for the TurfDogs who lost 12-7 to Brampton last weekend and will need a win to stay in the playoff hunt. While Oshweken will come into this game looking to get…
In a season that resembles a see-saw, the Philadelphia Wings lost their second in a row, after winning three in a row. So far the see-saw has gone, Win 2, Lose 3,Win 3 Lose 2. The latest lost was to the division leading Toronto Rock by a score of 13-8. The Wings were without the services of Brodie Merrill (concussion) and defender Brett Manney (hamstring). Jeff Reynolds returned to the…