The Six Nation Arrows have reached their goal as the number one seed in the playoffs. They did that by taking down Burlington 10-8 Thursday night in an overtime game. Ryan Lee has shown great success since coming over from the Toronto Beaches with six points (2G, 4A) in the game. Brendan Bomberry scored twice, while Jordan Durston dished out three assists and scored a goal. Goalie Doug Jamieson saved 44…
WLA Three Stars: Week Six
Photo by David Zuskind 1st Star – Daryl Veltman, Victoria Shamrocks Veltman has been one of the more consistent players in the WLA this summer and had a great week in Victoria’s three wins where they scored a combined 46 goals. He scored 14 points (7-7) and now has 36 points in nine games, good for a four-point per game average amongst the highest in the league. He’s found a…
MLL Three Stars: Week Thirteen
As we move into July, competition is as tight as ever in Major League Lacrosse. Here are three stars from this past weekend. 3) Paul Rabil (New York) – 6 points (4 goals, 1 two-point goal, 1 assist) Paul Rabil returned from injury with a bang, tallying six points to help his New York Lizards snap a two-game losing streak. With Rabil in the lineup, New York improved to 9-0,…
Solving the Stealth’s Crease Conundrum
Goaltending is often one of the most misunderstood positions in lacrosse, given that it takes a pretty strong skillset to be a top-flight player at that position. But beyond that, the traits that differ amongst each goalie’s skillset are magnified in lacrosse because it creates easily distinguishable styles of goaltending. That’s why the lack of games played in the short winter box season makes it hard to get reliable data…
Rattlers Dominate Second Half to Beat Machine
Rochester (6-5), down 8-3 at half time, outscored Ohio (6-5) 13-7 in the second half to come away winners by a 16-15 final score on Independence Day at Selby Stadium in Delaware, Ohio. The Machine got the scoring started 10 seconds into the game thanks to Brian Karalunas’ first goal of the season. Tom Schreiber and Kyle Harrison provided goals to put the home team up 3-0 at the 8:25…
NLL 2015 Les Bartley Award Candidates
The nominees for the NLL Head Coach of the Year Award—also known as the Les Bartley Award—have been announced and now it’s a matter of waiting until September to see who the winner is. The nominees for 2015 are Mike Hasen of the Rochester Knighthawks, Derek Keenan of the Edmonton Rush, and John Lovell of the Toronto Rock. Lovell and Keenan faced each other in the Champion’s Cup this year,…
Cannons blast Outlaws 22-9, move into second place
Over thirty-one thousand people passed through the turnstiles of Mile High Stadium on Saturday night to watch the Denver Outlaws play host to the Boston Cannons. For the second year in a row, Boston defeated Denver on the Fourth of July. While the 2014 edition was at least a respectable affair, the fireworks started early and often inside the stadium as Boston took no prisoners in 2015, utterly trouncing the…
Outlaws Face Cannons In Annual Fireworks Game
Two games will be played across Major League Lacrosse this Fourth of July, as the Denver Outlaws host the Boston Cannons in their annual Independence Day match-up. The defending 2014 champions are 6-3 all time on Independence Day, and this year will mark the fourth time the Outlaws have welcomed Boston to take-part in the game. Boston is the only team to have played in the annual game more than…
WLA Power Rankings: Week Five
1. Victoria Shamrocks (1) Record: 9-2-0 Goal Differential: +48 Last Week: 18-8 W vs. New Westminster, 15-3 W vs. Coquitlam, 13-8 W vs. New Westminster This Week: vs. Langley, vs. Burnaby The Victoria Shamrocks have put a stranglehold on the rest of the WLA with one of the more dominant weeks of lacrosse in recent memory. After putting a combined 31 goals on New West and conceding just 16,…
Setting up the BCJALL Playoffs
With the BCJALL regular season just seven games away from completion and the playoff teams set, there isn’t much left to decide but who plays who in the playoffs. The four teams – Coquitlam, New West, Delta and Victoria – have been at the top of the BCJALL for a few years now, with Delta building a successful program that now competes year after year. The other four programs have…