Coverage of lacrosse in Ontario, including the OLA, MSL and Toronto Rock.
The rankings were shuffled this week and for the first time all season, we have a new number one. With two huge wins in week 4, the Toronto Shooting Stars have moved into the number one spot, a place the Demons had been sitting all year. #1 (last week 3) Toronto Shooting Stars 3-1 The Toronto Shooting Stars had an impressive weekend and dominated their opponents at both ends of…
After suffering a tough overtime loss in Brampton, the Ohsweken Demons have won two straight and are playing like a team possessed. The Demons sit first in the CLax standings and are four points ahead of the Toronto Shooting Stars, a team they face twice this week. The Demons haven’t lost two in a row since early last season and at times have looked unbeatable. As long as Ohsweken doesn’t…
This weekend in CLAX the 1-1 Toronto Shooting Stars took on the 0-1 Barrie Blizzard. Toronto was coming off an overtime win over the Durham TurfDogs while the Blizzard lost in a gutsy effort to the Oshweken Demons. The Stars were motivated to get their first win at home in this game as the failed in their first attempt this season but a Blizzard warning was in effect for Toronto…
1st Star: Nic Grasby – Durham Turfdogs Grasby had a career game totaling an impressive 10 points en route to a 14-13 victory over the Iroquois Ironmen. The former Halton Hills Bulldog netted a hat-trick while adding seven assists. The double digit night brings Grasby’s total to 15 good enough for ninth league scoring. 2nd Star: Scott Defrancesco – Durham Turfdogs Defrancesco filled the net at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena…
The Toronto Rock (5-1) retained their position at first in the Eastern Division standings with a 14-12 road win versus the Buffalo Bandits (3-2). After the Bandits got out to an early advantage, the Rock took over establishing a 7-2 lead halfway through the second quarter. However, Toronto would see this margin diminish before the end of the quarter, when a three goal Buffalo rally saw the score sitting at…
Friday night the defending Creator’s Cup champions Ohsweken Demons served the Niagara Lock Monsters their first loss of the year at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. The game opened with each team exchanging goals until Wayne VanEvery tallied a pair of markers to take a 3-1 lead just under 10 minutes into the first. The Lock Monsters replied with two goals from Dan Williams and Jon Arnold to lock the game…
Toronto Rock defender Chris White has been suspended one game by the NLL. The one game ban is for an alleged hit that violated rule rule 63.3 which earned White a match penalty upon league review and the subsequent one game suspension as per rule 41.2. There was no penalty originally assessed on the play. The Professional Lacrosse Players Association (PLPA) has appealed the suspension and White will be able…
The high powered offenses of the Canadian Lacrosse League clash Friday night as the 2-0 Niagara Lock Monsters travel to the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena to take on the first place Ohsweken Demons on Friday night. The Lock Monsters have scored an impressive 43 goals in their first two games of CLax existence. Leading the way for Niagara is rookie Corey Fowler. The 2009 Canadian University Lacrosse Association scoring leader has…
The Toronto Rock took ownership of top spot in the Eastern Division after their 2-0 weekend. After a 13-12 come from behind home win over the Minnesota Swarm, the Rock travelled to Rochester where they picked up their third road win of the year in the form of an 11-7 victory over the Knighthawks. Garret Billings led the Rock in the wins with an 8 point performance versus Minnesota, followed…
With week three of the CLAX season in the books here are the three stars of the week. 3. Roger Vyse- Vyse was great for the Oshweken Demons this weekend as he started off the weekend with three goals and three assists against Brampton in a heartbreaking loss. Vyse would then would have a seven point performance against the Barrie Blizzard. Vyse leads the league in points with 30 notching…