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…
MLL Power Rankings: Week Two
Major League Lacrosse is now two weeks in and we have a pretty good idea about which teams look good. Below we rank the best teams so far. 1. Denver Outlaws The Outlaws sit at the top of the league at 2-0 and they lead the league with 33 goals on the season. They have two road wins on the season against Charlotte and Ohio, and they face a slumping…
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…
Canadian Lacrosse Notebook: Jr Lakers Open Season, Brampton Hires Coach
Yesterday the Brampton Excelsiors hired head coach Clem D’Orazio to replace Mike Hasen as the coach of the Excelsiors. D’Orazio is formerly the head coach of the Ajax Rock who moved to Oakville this off season. He was fired before the move. The majority of the Excelsiors lineup is returning this season. Brampton was the 2011 Mann Cup winners over the Langley Thunder but they lost in the 2012 playoffs….
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…