The Peterborough Lakers were missing several key players but that didn’t stop them from pulling off a victory in the Junior A season opener Thursday night. The Lakers defeated the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves 9-7 in a seesaw battle on the road in front of a raucous crowd at the Kinsmen Arena. Dan Michel opened the scoring for Peterborough followed by a shorthanded marker from Darryl Waud just 1:14 later. Davis Prince…
MSL Season Preview: Brooklin Redmen
Last year the Brooklin Redmen looked poised to make a Mann Cup run after finishing atop the regular season standings in the MSL with 20 points. Brooklin though would fall apart in the post season as Peterborough beat them soundly in four games. Brooklin on paper has the team to compete for a Mann Cup but they need to learn to win in the playoffs in order to have any…
NLL Players to Watch: Champions Cup
Well fans, we have come to the final week of the 2013 NLL Season. Throughout the regular season and the three weeks of playoffs I have had the privilege of doing a weekly article called “NLL PLAYERS TO WATCH” It has been a thrilling season. From the comeback of the Colorado Mammouth,, the adversity of the Minnesota Swarm without Andrew Suitor, and the four rookies playing like veterans. The…
Shawn Evans Named 2013 NLL MVP
The National Lacrosse League has announced that Shawn Evans from the Calgary Roughnecks has won the Most Valuable Player award presented by Reebok for the 2013 NLL season. Evans won the league’s scoring title with 112 points (32+80), which tied for the fifth-most points in NLL single-season history. As the leader of the Roughnecks offense that scored the most goals of any team this year, the forward also led the…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Maryland vs Cornell
Game will be at Byrd Stadium (College Park, Md) on Sunday May 12 at 1pm. Cornell: Head Coach Ben Deluca 12-3 overall, lost to Princeton in Ivy League Semis, Only other ACC matchup was vs Virginia on March 9 where Big Red won 12-11 (last game before NCAA Tourney). Maryland beat Virginia 9-7 during regular season and lost to the Cavs in the ACC Semis 13-6. Rob Pannell – A…
Goods Corner: NLL Expansion Interest
Goods Corner is a new weekly editorial from Jack Goods covering the latest topics of interest around the sport of lacrosse. You can get in on the conversation by writing in the comment section below or by hitting Jack up on Twitter @GoodsOnSabres. In recent weeks there have been three big stories when it comes to future locations for the National Lacrosse League. Last week IL Indoor broke the news…
Bracketology: Brackets From the Staff
Our NCAA lacrosse staff compiled their brackets for the upcoming tournament. Who’s do you like the best? Jeff Dorst (Patriot League beat writer) Syracuse over Bryant Yale over Penn State UNC over Lehigh Denver over Albany Ohio State over Towson Cornell over Maryland Duke over Loyola Notre Dame over Detroit Second Round Syracuse over Yale UNC over Albany Cornell over Ohio State Notre Dame over Duke Third Round Cornell over…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Denver vs Albany
The consensus No. 4 seeded University of Denver Pioneers open up NCAA tournament play May 11 versus 12th-ranked University of Albany Great Danes at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium in Denver. After a close 10-11 loss in the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship game, Denver drew the 4th overall seed for their 12-4 record. “We are thrilled about the season that our young men put together, with so many…
Mark Matthews Wins NLL Rookie of the Year
The National Lacrosse League has announced that Mark Matthews from the Edmonton Rush has won the Moe’s Southwest Grill Rookie of the Year award for the 2013 NLL season. Matthews ranked first among rookies and fifth in the league with a team-high 38 goals, third-most by an NLL rookie in history, while scoring in all 16 games played this season. Edmonton’s first overall pick of the 2012 NLL Entry Draft…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Syracuse vs Bryant
The Syracuse Orange (13-3) will be entering the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed for the ninth time in school history and will face Northeast Conference (NEC) Champion Bryant Bulldogs (8-10) on May 12th at the Carrier Dome in first round action of the NCAA Championship. The Orange are coming off a very strong 2013 season which saw them defeat Villanova (7-8) by a score of 13-9 to capture…