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  1. Youth movement needs to find its legs The Vancouver Stealth had a rebuild of sorts this year, originally to be centred around Johnny Powless. Once Powless instead decided to stay in Ontario, those plans quickly changed. Vancouver was lucky to receive a player like Logan Schuss back for Powless, who disappointed in his short tenure with the Stealth. General manager Doug Locker also brought in young reinforcements in…

The Edmonton Rush have taken a 1-0 lead in the NLL Western Division Finals over the Calgary Roughnecks with a 10-8 victory. Tonight’s battle of two Alberta teams lived up to its pregame hype, and then some.   Both squads showed enormous intensity as they played a hard fought game one of a two game plus a 10-minute tie breaking mini game if needed series.   The first half of…

While the rest of the world is concerned over DeflateGate, lacrosse has a much more serious battle. #BattleofAlbertaGate…. The Edmonton Rush will face the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League’s western conference finals. The two rivals are pitted against each other four times a year and the games are often dubbed the Battle of Alberta. Apparently, this playoff series won’t have that added flare. The Edmonton Oilers of the…