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Hall of Famer Don Barrie is not a fan of new fighting rules or the association that created them

January 6th, 2013 by Stephen Stamp


Don Barrie has devoted much of his life to the game of lacrosse. He’s a Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Famer and he served as convenor of the last pair of Mann Cups held in Peterborough (2010, 2012). He’s also a man with strong opinions who isn’t afraid to share them, and he has a pulpit from which to do so as a columnist with the Peterborough Examiner. So it’s no surprise that he has waded–actually dived is more like it–into the debate about the merits of the Canadian Lacrosse Association’s new rules regarding penalties for fighting. Saying that many of the CLA executive “have come no closer to lacrosse than pulling the sweater over a young lacrosse player’s pads then standing behind the glass of an arena, sipping their latte and wondering if the game will be over soon enough to get to the mall,” Barrie doesn’t like the new rules and doesn’t think the national association should be making decisions about how the game is played. For more of his take on the latest rules as well as the bungling of the drug testing at the Mann Cup this summer, check out his latest column.

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IL Indoor, Ontario Junior C

Jr. C Innisfil Wolfpack moves to Newmarket

November 9th, 2012 by Bob Chavez

The OLA Junior C Innisfil Wolfpack is packing its bags and heading down the road to Newmarket for the 2013 season. Coach Michael Rollings told ILIndoor that the team, which will be known as the Newmarket Jr. C Saints to put it in line with its parent club, is hoping to play its games in Sharon Arena. In Innisfil, the Wolfpack was a combined 13-71 in 5 seasons, although the last 2 seasons have been the best for the franchise. The team went 5-11 both seasons and advanced to the second round of the playoffs. “Expectations are high this year as we look to improve on our advancement past the second round,” Rollings said, adding that the team is moving from the Central Division to the Western Division. “(We) feel we can compete immediately with everyone in the division.”

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Junior coaching news: Jr. A Nanaimo fires Nicks, Junior C Wilmot hires Hummel

November 7th, 2012 by Bob Chavez

One coach is out in B.C. and another is in in Ontario. The Junior A Nanaimo Timbermen of the BCJALL have fired coach Dale Nicks and his staff after just 1 season, and a familiar name in Kitchener, Greg Hummel, has been hired to coach the OLA’s Junior C Wilmot Wild. Nicks coached the Timbermen to a 3-17-1 record and missed the playoffs, but expressed some surprise that he was relieved of his duties so quickly. “You often find when you bring in a new coaching staff into an organization that it takes a couple years to turn things around and I was just hoping for that opportunity,” he told the Nanaimo News Bulletin. Jon Nicholson, GM of the Junior A squad, said he has a new coach in place but won’t announce the hiring until Thursday. READ MORE »

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This weekend: WLA, MSL finals kick off as junior lacrosse teams pursue Cup titles

August 17th, 2012 by Bob Chavez

The Orangeville Northmen won the 2012 OLA title. Is the 2012 Minto Cup next on the list? (Photo: Ward Laforme Jr.)
The Orangeville Northmen won the 2012 OLA title. Is the 2012 Minto Cup next on the list? (Photo: Ward Laforme Jr.)

It’s getting serious now. The majors in east and west are in their final series, which will give us the Mann Cup foes for 2012. The Minto Cup kicks off today to determine Canada’s Junior A champ and by the end of this weekend, we’ll know who the Canadian champs are in Junior B and Junior C. This ain’t no time to be messin’ around, as the old saying goes, and it’s clearly the best time of year to be a lacrosse fan. If you’re lucky enough to attend these games in person, you get to see the game at its finest: intense and thorough with a minimal amount of mayhem. No one wants to hurt their team with time in the sin bin because you can’t control your temper. That said, let’s take a look a ILIndoor’s primer for a weekend of playoff action. READ MORE »

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Six Nations Arrows advance, Orangeville Northmen take another step

July 30th, 2012 by Stephen Stamp

Josh Johnson helped the Six Nations Arrows sweep the Peterborough Lakers. (Photo: Tim Prothero)
Josh Johnson helped the Six Nations Arrows sweep the Peterborough Lakers. (Photo: Tim Prothero)

The Six Nations Arrows booked their tickets for the Ontario Junior A finals and the Orangeville Northmen moved to within one win of joining them last night. The Arrows rode Warren Hill’s goaltending and withstood a third-period surge to edge the Peterborough Lakers 9-8 and sweep the best-of-seven semi-final. Hill stopped 46 of the 54 shots Peterborough directed at him. The Lakers scored the last four goals of the game, three by Turner Evans, to get within one but once again came up just a little short. Peterborough scored eight goals in each game of the series. Randy Staats, Seth Oakes and Wenster Green each scored twice for Six Nations.  Evans and Josh Currier (two goals) had five-point nights for Peterborough.  READ MORE »

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Rebels force decisive Game 5, Indians earn berth in Jr B finals

July 29th, 2012 by Stephen Stamp

The Six Nations Rebels and Wallaceburg Red Devils will meet again tonight to decide their series. (Photo: Brian Thompson)
The Six Nations Rebels and Wallaceburg Red Devils will meet again tonight to decide their series. (Photo: Brian Thompson)

The Six Nations Rebels aren’t going down without a fight. Facing elimination in their Ontario Jr B semi-finals, the Rebels beat the Wallaceburg Red Devils 14-12 last  night to force a deciding fifth game. Tony Doxtater’s four goals sparked the win. His six-point didn’t even make him the team’s leading scorer, though. Both Joe Haodias Maracle and Zed Williams scored seven points; Maracle had a hat trick and Williams two goals. Rob Pollock matched the seven-pointers, with a goal and six assists for the Red Devils. Jordan Van Damme had three and three. Jordan Durston and Clint Lamarsh each had two goals and three assists for Wallaceburg. READ MORE »

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Last Night: Quick starts are key as Six Nations takes series lead on Peterborough

July 26th, 2012 by Bob Chavez

Randy Staats had a pair of goals last night in a Game 2 win for Six Nations. (Photo: Tim Prothero, VintageLax)
Randy Staats had a pair of goals last night in a Game 2 win for Six Nations. (Photo: Tim Prothero, VintageLax)

The Junior A Peterborough Lakers aren’t looking for excuses. They’re looking for victories. And with an 0-2 start to their OLA semifinal series after last night’s 10-8 loss to Six Nations, the search for victories is becoming more and more urgent. Game 3 is Friday and hopefully by then, the Lakers can catch up on their sleep. An accident on 401 following Tuesday’s Game 1 kept the Lakers on the road until 4:30 a.m., meaning many of the fellas got up and went to work, then played lacrosse, on about 4 hours of sleep. “It’s hard to make an excuse like that for the whole game,” Peterborough forward Zach Currier told The Peterborough Examiner. “We tried to do our best to overcome that and I think we did fairly well.” READ MORE »

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IL Indoor, Ontario Junior C

It’s full steam ahead for the Cornwall Celtics in pursuit of Junior C championship

July 25th, 2012 by Bob Chavez

The Cornwall Celtics are up 2-0 in their best-of-5 first-round playoff series against the Gloucester Griffins, which is right where they expected to be. “So far, so good,” coach Shawn Lauzon told the Standard Freeholder. The Shamrox won all 4 regular-season games against Gloucester, so the relative ease with which the Shamrox are cruising isn’t really all that surprising. And when the Shamrox look to clinch the sweep in tonight’s Game 3, the goal outside of winning the game will be to stay healthy and free of suspension. And after that, it’s the winner of the Brockville-Kingston series, where Game 3 is set for Thursday night. “Brockville is up 2-0, same as us,” Lauzon said. “Their series won’t be a cakewalk either. We’re just waiting to see who we’ll play against.”

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Last Night: Quick start sends Orangeville to Junior A victory in Game 1 against Whitby

July 25th, 2012 by Bob Chavez

Whitby's Mike Lum-Walker, left, trades words with Orangeville's Bill Hostrawser last night. (Photo: Tim Prothero, VintageLax)
Whitby's Mike Lum-Walker, left, trades words with Orangeville's Bill Hostrawser last night. (Photo: Tim Prothero, VintageLax)

The OLA fellas who represented Team Canada and the Iroquois in Finland at the U19 games have had plenty of lacrosse this summer. But the guys who didn’t make the trip have had to sit on their hands the last 3 weeks. Until last night. The OLA Junior A playoffs got back on track with a pair of semifinal games one of them saw the defending Minto Cup champions get off to a bad start. The Orangeville Northmen opened a 4-0 lead on the Whitby Warriors in the first period and the Warriors never recovered as Orangeville went on to register an 11-5 win in Game 1 of their series. “Four-nothing and then you’re playing catch up the whole game,” Whitby coach Derek Keenan told ILIndoor. The series shifts to Orangeville for Game 2 tonight but before that, the Warriors have some issues to sort out. READ MORE »

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Last night: Salmonbellies ride a trio of hat tricks to 2-0 BCJALL semis lead

July 24th, 2012 by Stephen Stamp

Brandon Goodwin and the New Westminster Salmonbellies took a 2-0 series lead over Delta in the BCJALL semis. (Photo: Mark Booth)
Brandon Goodwin and the New Westminster Salmonbellies took a 2-0 series lead over Delta in the BCJALL semis. (Photo: Mark Booth)

The Delta Islanders dream season is in danger of turning into a nightmare post-season. After finishing second in the BCJALL regular season standings, the Islanders received a bye to the second round of playoffs, where they are playing the New Westminster Salmonbellies. New West finished third by a point because they forfeited a win by using a player they had acquired in a trade who turned out to be ineligible. The teams matched up closely in the regular season and game one of the semi-finals was no different, with the Bellies pulling out a 14-13 win. But last night, they laid a whooping on Delta, dumping the Islanders 17-9 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. READ MORE »

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