Boston got a huge win against Chesapeake and Ohio unfortunately lost to Rochester last weekend. However, that doesn’t mean the Machine will lose to the Cannons. Ohio has the capability to come back late in games and win. They showed that they are a second half team in their game against the Rattlers last weekend. They were down 7-3 at the end of the first half and came back to…
Warriors Will Play in Minto Cup Despite Loss to Northmen
The Orangeville Northmen stormed into Iroqouis Park Arena looking to down the defending Minto Cup champions and advance to the Ontario finals against the Six Nations Arrows. The Northmen hit the floor flying and hit found the scoreboard early and often. Jordan Critch ripped an underhand bounce shot past Whitby netminder Alexis Buque 52 seconds into the contest. The Warriors struggled to get their offense set up early as the…
Voyageurs Ready for QSLL Finals
The Vermont Voyageurs defeated the Montreal Phoenix to get to the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League finals, where they will take on the Kahnawake Mohawks. “Kahnawake has a deeper roster with more experience than Montreal has.” said Chad Fairfoull, the coach of the Voyageurs. “Kahnawake also has a very creative style of offence that is more about reading the play and reacting to it. Â Kahnawake will make tou pay for any…
Introducing the Hartford Vipers!
The InLax Lacrosse League is a fictional league created by Jack Goods and Marisa Ingemi. It features 25 teams in various locations across the U.S. and Canada. It features players from all the major lacrosse outlets, as a way of showing what the lacrosse world would look like if lacrosse was one of the major sports in North America. Welcome back to the InLax Lacrosse League, striding closer and closer…
MSL Playoffs: Brampton Defeats Kodiaks
Both the Kitchener/Waterloo Kodiaks and the Brampton Excelsiors won games in their first round MSL playoff series by coming from behind in the final period. In game one, it was Kitchener who rode a 7-2 third period to victory, while game two saw Brampton score five unanswered goals in the final frame to take the win. The talk before game was definitely on playing a full sixty minutes. Before focus shifted to…
National Lacrosse League Free Agent Preview
Tomorrow the National Lacrosse League will open up free agency where teams are allowed to talk to free agents. Teams are allowed to franchise their own players and re-sign their own players, while teams can offer restricted free agents offer sheets. In a league like the NLL, most of the time the big name free agents are franchised or they re-sign. Some of these big name unrestricted free agents likely…
Indians and Rebels set to meet in the OJBLL Finals
Photo Credit: Devyn Gallagher After three long and grueling series, the stage has been set for the 2012 OJBLL finals as the Six Nations Rebels will take on the Akwesasne Indians. The Akwesasne Indians found their way to the finals by beating the Clairington Green Gaels in 4 games. The Indians received a little scare in game 3 in Bowmanville when the Green Gaels won in dominant fashion to a…
Steve Dietrich Elected to the NLL Hall of Fame
The only new member of the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame in 2012 will be Steve Dietrich, former goalie in the NLL. Dietrich, who was recently named the general manager of the Buffalo Bandits, played with the Baltimore Thunder, Detroit Turbos, Rochester Knighthawks, Bandits, Calgary Roughnecks, Edmonton Rush and Toronto Rock. He was the 2006 NLL MVP and is the only goaltender in NLL history to win the award….
Lacrosse And The Olympics
The Olympics are in full swing in London with the best athletes in the world showing off their abilities. If you are a frequent reader of the site, at some point you probably thought about the lack of lacrosse in the Olympics. Is it realistic to think that someday it could possibly happen? Field lacrosse has actually been in the Olympics twice, in 1904 and 1908. Both times there were…
Vince Talbot Blog: Voyageurs in the Finals
This past Friday night the Voyageurs swept the series against a very tough and competitive team in the Montreal Phoenix. After playing a very difficult first game in Montreal with only 11 runners on a Tuesday night and managing to get away with a 13-12 win, we were back in Essex with a much deeper bench but with a bigger challenge as well. Our coach warned everyone that the swept…