The Score network broadcast some action from the NCAA Division 1 Men's Lacrosse Championship. While searching for something to watch Friday, I saw lacrosse as an option and immediately flipped to it. To my dismay there was no game on at the time specified but I persevered and found the two semi-final games were going to be aired the following day. Upon further review, I found that the championship game was going to be broadcast also.
After having their season cancelled last year due to criminal investigations involving team member's, Duke scored with only three seconds remaining in their semi-final game against Cornell on Saturday to earn the victory 12-11. That game-winning goal came just fourteen seconds after Cornell tied the game. In the other semi-final game, John Hopkins University defeated Delaware 8-3. Duke was unable to complete their cinderella season and lost 12-11 in the championship final.
Cudos for The Score for showing the games and congratulations to John Hopkins for their victory.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Host Team Wins the Cup
Yesterday, in a battle of the Western Hockey League final, the host Vancouver Giants defeated the Tigers from Medicine Hat 3-1 to earn the right to drink from the Memorial Cup. Earlier in the tournament Medicine Hat pulled out a 1-0 victory but lifted by the home fans, Vancouver won when it counted. Unfortunately, I did not see much of the game as I was entertaining my father and was cooking dinner while the game was on (ham with a sweet pineapple sauce and scallop potatoes, for those curious).
The first two periods were close as they ended the first frame knotted at zero and each team scored a goal apiece in the second period. It was not until there was less than five minutes to go in the third when Vancouver took the lead 2-1. They then scored an empty net goal in the last minute to put the game away.
For the other two teams involved: Plymouth Whalers fought hard to get to the semi-final game by beating the Lewiston MAINEiacs 2-1 in overtime in their last round robin game to force a tie breaker game. They then went on to beat the same team in the tie breaker game before losing badly to the eventual cup winners 8-1 in the semi-final contest. Next years tournament will be held in the Ontario Hockey League city of Kitchener, where the host Rangers lie in wait.
Congratulations to the Vancouver Giants!
For more in depth information visit the MasterCard Memorial Cup website.
The first two periods were close as they ended the first frame knotted at zero and each team scored a goal apiece in the second period. It was not until there was less than five minutes to go in the third when Vancouver took the lead 2-1. They then scored an empty net goal in the last minute to put the game away.
For the other two teams involved: Plymouth Whalers fought hard to get to the semi-final game by beating the Lewiston MAINEiacs 2-1 in overtime in their last round robin game to force a tie breaker game. They then went on to beat the same team in the tie breaker game before losing badly to the eventual cup winners 8-1 in the semi-final contest. Next years tournament will be held in the Ontario Hockey League city of Kitchener, where the host Rangers lie in wait.
Congratulations to the Vancouver Giants!
For more in depth information visit the MasterCard Memorial Cup website.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Canada Retains Title
The 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship ended with the same result as the inaugural event in 2003, at least in the top three spots. Team Canada won an exciting overtime contest against the Iroquois Nationals 15-14 to retain the title of world champions while the team from the United States beat up on an injury laden team from England winning 17-10 for the bronze medal. With this tournament win, Canada became the first nation to hold both the indoor lacrosse title and the field lacrosse title at the same time (Canada won the 2006 field lacrosse tournament in London, ON last summer). Canada will go for the world lacrosse triple crown in 2008 when the world once again comes to Canada for the under 19 World Lacrosse Championship.
The final standings for the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship are as follows:
1. Canada
2. Iroquois Nationals
3. United States
4. England
5. Scotland
6. Australia
7. Czech Republic
8. Ireland
Five areas are interested in hosting the 2011 tournament including Ottawa, ON, the Czech Republic, Australia, Iroquois Nationals, and one other country (possibly England).
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Streak Ends at Four
After going 0-4-0 to start the season and being held scoreless in all four contests, Toronto FC finally earned their first win, stopping their losing streak at four. Being outscored 10-0 in their first four games, Toronto FC was in desperate need of a goal and Danny Dichio fulfilled that need in the 24th minute of their fifth game last Saturday afternoon. Toronto FC went on to score two more goals in that contest en route to a 3-1 victory. That win stopped the longest losing streak in Toronto FC history at four and became the first win in their current two-game winning streak, also the longest in club history (don’t worry fans, the team is new so there will be streaks lasting longer…on both ends).Toronto FC earned their second straight win Wednesday night, again in front of their home crowd, by shutting out the Houston Dynamo 1-0. The two wins have propelled the team out of the league basement and has, more importantly, given the team and their fans hope.
2007 MasterCard Memorial Cup
Tomorrow, May 18, is the start of the 2007 Memorial Cup to decide the National champion of the Canadian Hockey League. The four teams competing in the ten day tournament are the host Vancouver Giants, the Western Hockey League champion Medicine Hat Tigers, the Ontario Hockey League champion Plymouth Whalers and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Lewiston MAINEiacs. The tournament opens Friday at 9:00 PM Eastern with the Vancouver Giants facing the Plymouth Whalers and will end next Sunday at 1:00 PM Pacific with the championship game.
All games are being broadcast on the Rogers Sportsnet stations. Here is the schedule:
All games are being broadcast on the Rogers Sportsnet stations. Here is the schedule:
- Friday May 18 9:00 PM ET - Plymouth vs Vancouver
- Saturday May 19 4:00 PM ET - Lewiston vs Medicine Hat
- Sunday May 20 4:30 PM ET - Lewiston vs Vancouver
- Monday May 21 8:00 PM ET - Medicine Hat vs Plymouth
- Tuesday May 22 8:00 PM ET - Lewiston vs Plymouth
- Wednesday May 23 10:30 PM ET - Medicine Hat vs Vancouver
- Friday May 25 8:00 PM ET - 3rd Place vs 2nd Place (Semi-final)
- Sunday May 27 4:00 PM ET - Championship Game
World Indoor Lacrosse Update
Today is an off day for the participants of the 2007 ILF World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, leaving them time to prepare for the quarter final round and wander the streets of Halifax. I figured this would be a perfect time to provide an update of this event.
At the end of round robin play, Canada and Iroquois finished first in their respective groups, winning all three games, and earned a spot in the semi-finals. Behind Canada in Group A is USA at 2-1 followed by Australia at 1-2 and Ireland at 0-3 completes the group. In Group B, England at 2-1 occupies the 2nd spot followed by Scotland at 1-2 and the Czech Republic at 0-3 sits in last place.
Play resumes tomorrow with the two last place teams battling it out for some respect along with the two quarterfinal games. In the first of the quarterfinal matchups, USA plays Scotland while in the second quarterfinal game, England will play Australia. The winner of these two games will go on to the semi-finals to face either Canada or Iroquois while the losers will play each other to decide fifth and sixth place. The winners of the semi-finals will play for gold on Sunday while the losers will compete for the bronze medal. Both medal games will be televised on Sunday on APTN and Iroquois' semifinal game on Saturday will also be televised.
At the end of round robin play, Canada and Iroquois finished first in their respective groups, winning all three games, and earned a spot in the semi-finals. Behind Canada in Group A is USA at 2-1 followed by Australia at 1-2 and Ireland at 0-3 completes the group. In Group B, England at 2-1 occupies the 2nd spot followed by Scotland at 1-2 and the Czech Republic at 0-3 sits in last place.
Play resumes tomorrow with the two last place teams battling it out for some respect along with the two quarterfinal games. In the first of the quarterfinal matchups, USA plays Scotland while in the second quarterfinal game, England will play Australia. The winner of these two games will go on to the semi-finals to face either Canada or Iroquois while the losers will play each other to decide fifth and sixth place. The winners of the semi-finals will play for gold on Sunday while the losers will compete for the bronze medal. Both medal games will be televised on Sunday on APTN and Iroquois' semifinal game on Saturday will also be televised.
Monday, May 14, 2007
World Junior Hockey Championship
Canda will be the host country for three of the next four World Junior Hockey Championships. The 2009 tournament was previously given to Canada as well as the 2012 tournament. It was just announced on Friday that Canada has also been given the right to host the 2010 tournament making it the first time Canada is to host back to back World Juniors. The host city for the 2009 event will be Ottawa, Ontario (December 26th, 2008 to January 5th, 2009) while the host cities for the 2010 and 2012 events have yet to be determined.
For more information please visit hockeycanada.ca.
For more information please visit hockeycanada.ca.
2007 Royal Bank Cup
For the second time in four years, the Aurora Tigers are Junior A hockey champions of Canada following a 3-1 win over the host Prince George Spruce Kings in the final of the 2007 RBC Royal Bank Cup on Sunday night at CN Centre.
-You can see the entire article at hockeycanada.ca
-You can see the entire article at hockeycanada.ca
2007 IIHF World Hockey Championship
The 2007 IIHF Worlds Championship ended yesterday with Canada beating Finland 4-2 to earn the Gold medal. The Bronze medal game saw the host team from Russia defeat Sweden 3-1 in a dominating performance. The IIHF World Hockey Championship will be held in Canada for the first time ever next year with Halifax and Quebec City as the host cities.
The final tournament rankings are as follows:
The final tournament rankings are as follows:
- Canada
- Finland
- Russia
- Sweden
- USA
- Slovakia
- Czech Republic
- Switzerland
- Germany
- Denmark
- Belarus
- Italy
- Latvia
- Norway
- Austria
- Ukraine
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Streak Extends With Cup Win
John Grant Jr. led Rochester to the Knighthawks’ second ever Champion’s Cup and the team’s 15th straight win. For his three goals and five assists performance, Grant was named game MVP. Pat O’Toole was also solid in net for Rochester making 42 saves in the win.
Both teams had trouble finding the back of the net early in the first quarter, despite some good scoring chances by both sides. Rochester finally got the scoring started at … of the first quarter then extended their lead to two on a spectacular over the shoulder goal by John Grant Jr. The first quarter ended with a 2-1 score after Dan Dawson scored a goal late in the opening quarter for Arizona. The second quarter started with Arizona on the power play where they promptly scored to tie the game. The score remained tied for just over two minutes when Shawn Williams scored the first of five straight goals to give Rochester a 7-2 lead. Craig Conn scored his second of the game and reduced Arizona’s deficit to four goals and after one more goal by Arizona, the second quarter ended with Arizona trailing by three in a 7-4 game.
The third quarter began much like the first as it took almost five minutes for the first goal of the quarter. Mike Accursi scored his third goal of the game for Rochester … seconds before Arizona answered back. Rochester then scored two straight goals to gain a five-goal lead before Arizona scored their sixth goal of the game to take a 10-6 deficit into the last quarter. Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, Rochester gets back their five-goal lead with a goal by … Arizona, leg by Craig Conn, then took over and scored four straight goals to climb back to within one goal with nine minutes to go. Regaining their composure, Rochester gets back a two-goal lead on Bill Greer’s first goal of the playoffs. Despite outscoring Rochester 5-3 in the last quarter, Arizona could not complete the comeback and fell to the Knighthawks 13-11.
Along with John Grant Jr., two other Knighthawks scored a hat trick, Mike Accursi (3G, 2A) and Shawn Williams (3G, 3A) while Craig Conn was the only player from Arizona to complete the hat trick, finishing with five goals and three assists. Dan Dawson was held to just one goal in the game but had seven helpers for eight points and his Arizona teammate, Derek Malawsky, amassed seven points on six assists and one goal. Rob Blasdell made 48 saves for Arizona in the loss.
Both teams had trouble finding the back of the net early in the first quarter, despite some good scoring chances by both sides. Rochester finally got the scoring started at … of the first quarter then extended their lead to two on a spectacular over the shoulder goal by John Grant Jr. The first quarter ended with a 2-1 score after Dan Dawson scored a goal late in the opening quarter for Arizona. The second quarter started with Arizona on the power play where they promptly scored to tie the game. The score remained tied for just over two minutes when Shawn Williams scored the first of five straight goals to give Rochester a 7-2 lead. Craig Conn scored his second of the game and reduced Arizona’s deficit to four goals and after one more goal by Arizona, the second quarter ended with Arizona trailing by three in a 7-4 game.
The third quarter began much like the first as it took almost five minutes for the first goal of the quarter. Mike Accursi scored his third goal of the game for Rochester … seconds before Arizona answered back. Rochester then scored two straight goals to gain a five-goal lead before Arizona scored their sixth goal of the game to take a 10-6 deficit into the last quarter. Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, Rochester gets back their five-goal lead with a goal by … Arizona, leg by Craig Conn, then took over and scored four straight goals to climb back to within one goal with nine minutes to go. Regaining their composure, Rochester gets back a two-goal lead on Bill Greer’s first goal of the playoffs. Despite outscoring Rochester 5-3 in the last quarter, Arizona could not complete the comeback and fell to the Knighthawks 13-11.
Along with John Grant Jr., two other Knighthawks scored a hat trick, Mike Accursi (3G, 2A) and Shawn Williams (3G, 3A) while Craig Conn was the only player from Arizona to complete the hat trick, finishing with five goals and three assists. Dan Dawson was held to just one goal in the game but had seven helpers for eight points and his Arizona teammate, Derek Malawsky, amassed seven points on six assists and one goal. Rob Blasdell made 48 saves for Arizona in the loss.
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