Tonight at 8 pm on the Lacrosse Lounge Phil Shore talks to Joe Spallina, the head coach of the Long Island Lizards of the MLL. This year is Spallina’s first year behind the bench with Long Island, and so far the season has gone quite well for his team. After losing two games at the start of the season the Chesapeake and Denver the Lizards have gone on a four…
Vincent Talbot Blog: Voyageurs Win Again
Flowers to my teammates It’s Monday already. I’ve got a pile of work to do, this blog to write and I have one day to recover before heading back to the gym. It’s a good life, especially when we are wining like we’ve been lately. The Voyageurs are 3-0-1 since the last 4 games coming out of a 1-0-1 weekend against the Injuns (Tie 10-10) and the Muskies (Win 17-9)….
WLA Weekend Recap
This past Weekend in the WLA was chock full of action. This weekend 6 of the 7 WLA teams were in action. The action started on Friday night as the Burnaby Lakers faced the Vitoria Shamrocks to kickoff the weekend, on Saturday night the Coquitlam Adanacs faced the Maple Ridge Burrards, on Sunday the Burnaby Lakers faced the Maple Ridge Burrards and the New Westminster Salmon Bellies faced the Nanaimo…
Israel Lacrosse Tops Turkey in International Play
ISTANBUL, TURKEY — The Israel men’s national lacrosse team made their international debut on Friday, topping Turkey, 13-9, at Sadi Gülçelik Sports Center on Friday. Tel Aviv’s Mike Grosz scored the first goal in program history just three minutes into the match, and European official Henning Schmidt reacted by halting play to present the ball to Israel head coach Bill Beroza. “It was kind of surreal,” said Grosz….
Boston Cannons Get Back on Track With Win Over Hounds
The Boston Cannons got back on track this week with a 16-8 win over the Charlotte Hounds. The win snapped a two game losing streak that Boston had been mired in. Meanwhile, the Hounds fell to 1-6. Boston got a stellar performance from goalie Jordan Burke, who allowed just eight goals and made sixteen saves after having two rough weeks in a row. Adam Ghitelman on the Hounds end made…
Lizards Win Fourth Straight, Defeat Hounds
It wasn’t the dominating score line that the two teams played to two weeks ago, but the end result was the same. For the second time in three games the Long Island Lizards defeated the Ohio Machine, this time 16-12. It was the fourth win in a row for Long Island (4-2). It was the third loss in a row for Ohio (1-5). Ohio outshot the Lizards, won more face-offs…
Shamrocks Lose First Game, Fall to Bellies
On Thursday night the New Westminster Salmonbellies handed the Victoria Shamrocks their first loss of the season by defeating them 14-12 in overtime. With this win New Westminster ended their 3 game losing streak and improved their record to 4 -3 on the season. While Victoria with the loss fell to 5-1 on the season and suffered their first loss. From the very beginning this game it became apparent that…
Martin Cahill Sent to Cannons for Brad Ross
Last night the Boston Cannons acquired midfielder Martin Cahill from the Rochester Rattlers for midfielder Brad Ross, I confirmed with a Cannons source earlier this morning. Cahill is a Boston native, but does not have any points this season. He had a career high eighteen points last season. Ross was a part of the MLL Championship the Cannons won last season, and was actually a vital part of the offense….
Nationals Win Second Straight Match
Hamilton shows everyone they are for real by dominating Rochester in every way. The game started off close and had the makings of a classic back and forth battle. That all changed early in the 2nd quarter as Rochester was unable to stop Hamilton’s shooters from treating John Galloway like a star at a carnival shooting gallery. The Nationals took a 3-3 tie and blew the doors off it with…
Western Lacrosse Association Weekend Recap
This past weekend was a very eventful one in the WLA with surprises and great action. The WLA had four games on the schedule this weekend which were Maple Ridge vs. Burnaby, Coquitlam vs. New Westminster, Langley vs. Maple Ridge and Burnaby vs. Nanaimo. The action started off on Friday night as Burnaby took on Maple Ridge. The game was a back and forth affair with neither team being able…