Last night the Burnaby Lakers faced off against the Coquitlam Adanacs. Burnaby were looking for a win to rebound from their loss against Langley on Friday night while Coquitlam was looking to rebound from a loss of their own. Burnaby started off the game strong as Dane Stevens drew first blood, scoring six minutes into the first period and giving the Lakers a 1-0 lead. The Adanacs would add to their problems…
Charlotte Hounds coach Mike Cerino knew that his team would have to turn in a solid first quarter to have a chance to beat the Denver Outlaws. As it turned out, the fourth quarter proved to be the difference, as the Hounds pulled ahead to knock off the previously undefeated Outlaws 18-15 on Saturday night at American Legion Memorial Stadium. Matt Danowski, Ryan Young and John Haus had three goals apiece for…
Photo Credit: Di Miller The Denver Outlaws (5-0) head to American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, NC on June 7th to face the Charlotte Hounds (1-4) for the second time in nine days. Last week in Denver, the Outlaws showed fans from near and far why they are still undefeated in the regular season, and looking for their 26th consecutive win. If they can do this, they will be tied…
The Victoria Shamrocks held a dominant 52-33 edge in shots, using a 3-0 second period to down Maple Ridge 7-4 on Friday evening and stay undefeated early in the season. Burrards goalie Frankie Scigliano made 45 saves including stopping 29-of-33 over the first and third periods to keep Maple Ridge within striking distance. Maple Ridge scored the first two goals of the third period, both on the power play, to…
After a slow start, the Boston Cannons were able to overcome an early 3-0 deficit to defeat the Ohio Machine. This is the first win for Boston since May 17. The Cannons, now 3-3 on the season, struggled early to find the back of the net. It wasn’t until mid-way through the first quarter that Boston was able to find their rhythm. After being down 3-0, the Cannons bounced back…
It will continue to get hotter for the New York Lizards as they face former Lizard Casey Powell in a trip down south to Boca Raton for the first time to take on the Florida Launch. New York (3-2) is on a two-game win streak earning the second and most recent in thrilling fashion against the Boston Cannons at Hofstra University. In a come from behind victory, Ned Crotty, found…
The Langley Thunder (2-3) will look to hand the Burnaby Lakers (2-0) their first loss of the 2014 Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) season at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre Friday night. Langley will look to continue momentum from a 13-10 defeat of the Coquitlam Adanacs Wednesday, June 4. Alex Turner (2 G, 6 A) led Thunder in the victory with eight points, while Athan Iannucci notched six points (1 G,…
Tonight in the WLA the Victoria Shamrocks host the Maple Ridge Burrards. Heading into tonight’s game the Shamrocks sit in first place in the WLA with seven points while Maple Ridge is close behind in second place with four points. In their last game the Shamrocks defeated New Westminster 9-7 and will look to keep their winning ways going against the Burrards. The Burrards on the other hand are on…
The defending MLL champion Chesapeake Bayhawks fall to an unimpressive 1-5 after losing in double overtime last night to the Rochester Rattlers (4-2) by an 8-7 score. Rattler attackman Kevin Leveille ended the game four and a half minutes into the second overtime to seal the home team victory. A slashing penalty on defenseman Michael Evans gave Rochester a power play and rookie attackman Myles Thompson made the extra pass…
On Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks took home their third straight NLL championship. After the game, we spoke with the league’s commissioner George Daniel about the dynasty, how the new playoff format worked and the 2015 NLL season. George Daniel