Left Coast Lacrosse

For the first time this year Nanaimo Lacrosse fans will need to decide between which of the Senior teams they want to play. Saturday night has both playing at home.

Friday night the action starts with Junior A T-Men (2 wins, 5 losses) hosting Burnaby Lakers (6 wins, 2 losses) at the Nanaimo Ice Centre (7pm). During their last meeting Burnaby doubled the T-Men 17 - 8 but Nanaimo played the same weekend as their overtime heartbreak loss to Victoria. With a few more players back from school expect a closer game and stronger effort. Nanaimo are 2 and 3 at home and have outshot their opponents at NIC 258 to 240. No doubt we’ll see a great game this friday.

Saturday is a much busier day. The Intermediatte A Nanaimo Timbermen start the day (1:30pm, Frank Crane Arena, May 24) against the South Fraser Stickmen. South Fraser and currently 1 win and 5 losses and will meet the T-Men (1 win, 3 losses) for the first time this year. Admission is very reasonable ($2 Adults, $1 Seniors and Students, Children 12 and under are free).

At 7pm, WLA action begins at the Frank Crane Arena with the Langley Thunder visiting the winless Timbermen. This will be the Thunder’s 2nd trip to the island this week - they opened their season Thursday in Victoria. Nanaimo will still be playing without a few of their top players but should expect to play well against Langley.

Only a half an hour later at NIC, Senior B lacrosse finds it’s way back to Nanaimo after a 2 week hiatus. 7:30pm sharp the T-Men host perrenial rivals, the North Shore Indians. Nanaimo will look to avenge their play-off loss last year to North Shore and to welcome their fans back after the few weeks off. Nanaimo are 1 win, 2 losses while the Indians have 1 win and 4 losses.

There are no home games on Sunday but the Ferries will be busy with T-Men on this day. At 2pm the Intermediatte A squad play in Burnaby, at 5pm Junior A Timbermen are being hosted by Coquitlam and at 7pm New West plays host to SrB T-Men. With 4 home games to watch and 3 away should be a busy day for anyone watching the scoreboards…