The Western Lacrosse Association has announced their schedule for the 2015 season. 2015 Complete WLA League Schedule Fri 22-May Nanaimo at Victoria 7:45 Sun 24-May Victoria at Nanaimo 7:00 Sun 24-May Burnaby at Maple Ridge 6:45 Wed 27-May New West at Langley 7:45 Thur 28-May Coquitlam at New West 7:45 Fri 29-May Burnaby at Victoria 7:45 Sat 30-May Langley at Coquitlam 7:00 Sun 31-May New West at Nanaimo 7:00 Sun…
CLAX Power Rankings: Blizzard and Demons Shake Some Ice
Week 2 of the Canadian Lacrosse League season saw the Barrie Blizzard travel to Oshawa, Ontario to take on the Durham Turfdogs, and the Ohsweken Demons travel to Niagara to open their season against the 0-1 Lockmonsters, while the Southwest Cyclops had the weekend off. Barrie used a quick start against Durham to even their record at 1-1, while the Demons and Lockmonsters engaged in a back and forth affair,…
NCAA Season Preview: Ivy League
Realistically, the Ivy League is a two team race between Harvard and Cornell, with Princeton on the fringe of being a factor. The League features five teams in the Pre-Season Top 20: #8 Cornell #11 Harvard #12 Penn #17 Yale #20 Princeton. The Ivy League Pre-Season Coaches’ Poll ranks the teams in this order: Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Penn, Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth. The biggest conference game will easily be the…
NCAA Season Previews: Big Ten
The Big Ten is looking to kick off the season with a bang. After the 2013 announcement by the Big Ten that the conference would feature select men’s and women’s lacrosse beginning in the 2014-15 season, the sights have been set by each team for an outstanding season. Here’s what’s to come for the inaugural season. Maryland The Terrapins are ready to break into the Big 10. Their season kicks…
NLL Weekly Three Stars: Week Three
There was only one game this week, but the excitement made it feel like a full slate of games. The Buffalo Bandits held off a late Stealth rally to win 14-13. The Stealth were dominated on the faceoffs, only winning eight of 32, and were decimated on the loose balls 79-39. Full slate of games next week. Three Stars. 1—Dhane Smith (Buffalo) Smith scored five times (one power play) and…
Montour and Demons Down Lock Monsters 11-9
The Ohsweken Demons (1-0) used a five goal fourth quarter to help secure a 11-9 win over the Niagara Lock Monsters (0-2) in their season opener. The Demons trailed 8-6 heading into the final frame, but managed to hold the Lock Monsters to just one goal in the fourth. Tom Montour led the way for Ohsweken with a pair goals, four assists for six points. Four of those points came…
MLL Draft Needs: Rochester Rattlers
The Rochester Rattlers are in an interesting spot heading into the MLL collegiate draft. They finished last regular season with the best record in the league and found themselves in the championship game. In the offseason, they only lost one regular player in Kevin Leveille. The biggest gaps in their roster are only due to NLL commitments as most of their players who also coach NCAA lacrosse did not have…
MLL Draft Needs: Boston Cannons
What a tumultuous offseason the Boston Cannons had in 2015. They decided to trade away the most popular and possibly best lacrosse player in the world in midfielder Paul Rabil while also acquiring a lot of help on the defensive end of the field. With the MLL Collegiate Draft a little over a week away, let’s take a look at what the Cannons need to address in order to improve…
Teeter Impresses in Debut, Barrie Turfs Durham 14-10
Mike Teeter scored four goals and added an assist to help the Barrie Blizzards knock of the Durham Turfdogs 14-10 at the General Motors Centre on Saturday afternoon. The Orangeville,ON native joined the team this week replacing Colin Boucher after he was called up to the Vancouver Stealth. Brad Levick continued to impress his new club, netting a goal and three assists in his second game with the Blizzard. The…
Henderson Needed on Stealth Defense
Tim Henderson made his return to the Vancouver Stealth lineup Saturday night, albeit in a limited capacity, after missing all of last season with commitments to the US Military Academy. Henderson, deployed to Afghanistan last year, didn’t play a whole lot in his season debut, but was noticeable physically and looked fit and ready to test the rigors of the NLL regular season. Henderson graduated from Army, where he played…