Tomorrow night, the Boston Cannons and Chesapeake Bayhawks will battle for first place in Major League Lacrosse. It is the first time the Cannons (5-2) have faced the Hawks (6-1) The Bayhawks won last week in a tight, one goal game against the Hamilton Nationals. Meanwhile, the Cannons blew out the hapless Charlotte Hounds by a score of 16-8 to snap their two game losing streak. Matt Poskay has been…
WLA Recap: Burnaby Lakers Vs. New Westminster Salmonbellies
On Thursday night the New Westminster Salmonbellies faced off against the Burnaby Lakers. Thursday’s game went much differently than the first meeting between these two teams as the game was a defensive struggle which New Westminster won 8-5. The game started well for Burnaby as they jumped out to a 1-0 lead but New Wesminster responded by scoring 3 straight goals to take the lead. The score was 3-1 after…
OLA Junior B Playoff Schedule
No. 1 Akwesasne Indians vs. No. 8 Markham Ironheads Saturday, June 23: Markham at Akwesasne, 5 p.m. Sunday, June 24: Markham at Akwesasne, 3 p.m. Friday, June 29: Akwesasne at Markham, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 30: Akwesasne at Markham, 2 p.m.* Game 5: TBA* No. 2 Green Gaels vs. No. 7 Mimico Mountaineers Friday, June 22: Mimico at Green Gaels, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 26: Green Gaels at Mimico, 8…
Israel Rallies Past Slovakia
The Israel men’s national lacrosse team defeated No. 17 Slovakia, 11-8, in their championship debut at Amsterdam Bos on Thursday. Israel trailed 5-2 in the first half, but Richard Cheifitz and Ben Bretter combined for six straight goals to take the lead for good. Slovakia cut the deficit to 8-7 with a pair of goals, but Alex Jacobs and Michael Pffefer rallied for three straight scores for Israel, who was able to run…
Boston University Announces Ryan Polley As Head Coach, Press Conference at a Later Date
BOSTON – Ryan Polley, an 11-year coaching veteran in New England and the defensive coordinator for this year’s Ivy League tournament champion, has been named the inaugural head men’s lacrosse coach at Boston University, it was announced today by Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike Lynch. Polley (POLE-ee) has spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at Yale University, heading up the defense for the past…
WLA Preview: Burnaby Lakers Vs. New Westminster Salmonbellies
On Thursday night the New Westminster Salmonbellies will face off against the Burnaby Lakers. New Westminster has struggled recently losing four of their last five and will look to get back on track with a win against Burnaby. Burnaby will look to gain a big win against New Westminster because with a win Burnaby will move into a tie with Langley for first place in the WLA. The first meeting…
Redmen Top the Lakers for the Second Time in a Row
It was a hot and sticky night at Iroquois Park Arena as the Lakers of Peterborough looked for revenge a loss at the hands of the Brooklin Redmen last week. Redmen veteran Shawn Williams was looking to celebrate his 38th birthday with a win over the Lakers. The Redmen jumped out to a hot start, scoring 16 seconds into the game from a goal off the draw from Caleb Wiles….
MSL Preview: The Brampton Excelsiors Vs. The Peterborough Lakers
On Thursday night two of the top teams in the MSL will face off as the 2nd place Brampton Excelsiors face off against the 3rd place Peterborough Lakers. This is the first meeting between these two teams this year and will be a great test for both teams. The Peterborough Lakers come into this game having scored the most goals in the league by scoring 51 goals in 5 games…
One on One With: David Earl
Last night I spoke with Hamilton Nationals midfielder David Earl about the season thus far, the game against the Rattlers this week and what to expect from the Nats going forward. What has this season been like for you? : Season is just getting going for us. We are a team with obviously a lot of NLL players so this is the time of the year when we all start…
Thunder electrify Burrards 16-11 to win their 6th game of the season
On Wednesday night the Langley Thunder were back in action as they took on the Maple Ridge Burrards. This was Langley’s first game since having their winning streak snapped by the Coquitlam Adanacs so Langley was looking to back on track with a win. Maple Ridge came into this game looking to continue their momentum after gaining their first win. In the First period Langley opened up the scoring with…