The Israel men’s national lacrosse team suffered their first loss in program history, falling to No. 8 Netherlands, 13-5, at Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond on Monday. Israel got off to a hot start, as Dan Leventhal and Rich Cheifitz gave the blue and white 1-0 and 2-1 leads, respectively. Hank Altschuler played excellent in goal, making several big saves to keep the momentum in Israel’s favor, but the Dutch took…
Lizards Win Streak Continues
After a shaky start to the start of the season, the Long Island Lizards have come back and won four games in a row. An early 13-11 loss to Chesapeake didn’t seem too bad. When they traveled to Denver and lost 19-11, that’s where the doubt came in. The Long Island offense scored 11 goals both games and the defense let up a combined 32 goals. Nothing seemed to be…
Salmonbellies Look to Get Back on Track
The New Westminster Salmonbellies are coming off a shocking end to 2011, when they fell in the WLA finals to the upstart Langley Thunder. Now in 2012, they have eight points, are 4-4 and are tied for second with Coquitlam. “We’re struggling right now with our consistancy and ability to put teams away.” said general manager Dan Richardson “Discipline at key points of the game has to improve for us…
Cannons Goalie Jordan Burke Wins Defensive Player of the Week
Goalie Jordan Burke earned Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week honors following his 15-save performance in Charlotte on Saturday, leading the Cannons to a 16-8 win over the Hounds to snap a two-game losing streak. Burke allowed just four goals in almost 54 minutes of play: one each in the first and third quarters, two in the second, and none in the first 8:39 of the fourth quarter….
Kevin Biggs Enjoying Time as Montreal Coach
Kevin Biggs was named the head coach of the Montreal Phoenix before the start of the 2012 Quebec Senior Lacrosse League season. I talked to him last night, and he said he was enjoying the season. “It has been great so far” he said “Our team, I could not expect anything more at this point in the season.We have a very young team and most guys have not played at…
Tonight: Lacrosse Lounge Talks to Joe Spallina
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…