Next Home Game Friday May 20th
The Burnaby Lakers will have their next home game this Friday May 20th at 7:45pm VS The Coquitlam Adanacs.
After a great season opener last week, come out to watch another great game. 50/50 and new Lakers merchandise will be on sale. See everyone at Copeland Arena.
Season Opener is tonight at 7pm
Game Day is here. The Burnaby Lakers will face the Nanaimo Timbermen at Copeland arena in Burnaby tonight. Game starts at 7:00pm. 50/50 and our brand new Lakers merchandise will be on sale tonight. Lots of activities including a fitness bootcamp hosted by Garfield Wilson of CBC’s Village on a diet. See everyone tonight. Go Lakers!
Garfield Wilson form CBC’s “Village On A Diet” to perform at home opener
Garfield will open up our 25th season by singing our national anthem and also getting the crowd into it by running a bootcamp during the 1st break. Come out to celebrate with us on Friday May 13th 7:00 pm.
Here is some info on Garfield
http://www.cbc.ca/liverightnow/village/profile_expert_garfield.html
Free admission for minor and junior Lacrosse players
Minor and junior Lacrosse players get in free, click here to find out how
Off The Crosse Bar
Off The Crosse Bar radio show will air every Tuesday, starting May 3rd at 9pm on TEAM 1410am. For those on the Island or that can’t listen live you can access the show viahttp://www.teamradio.ca/multimedia/podcasts/
Trade Update
In exchange for Shewchuk, the Shamrocks have sent their first round pick in the 2013 WLA Draft to the Lakers.
“We’re thrilled to add Jamie to our group,” says Shamrocks general manager Chris Welch. “Elite left shooting offensive players don’t exactly grow on trees these days so we feel very fortunate that we were able to find one in Jamie who will step right in and immediately make us better.”
Shewchuk, 25, is currently playing for the Minnesota Swarm in his fifth season in the National Lacrosse League. In 80 career NLL regular season and playoff games to date with the Swarm and the Colorado Mammoth, he has scored 126 goals and added 167 assists for 293 points. He led Colorado in scoring in 2010 with 66 points in 16 games before being dealt to Minnesota earlier this year.
Originally from Edmonton, Shewchuk played his final two years of junior lacrosse with the Burnaby Junior Lakers in 2005 and 2006. He was a Minto Cup champion in 2005 and he was the leading scorer in the BC Junior A league in 2006. The Senior Lakers drafted him fifth overall in the first round of the 2007 WLA Draft but he opted instead to play Senior B close to home in Alberta for two years before he relocated to Denver while playing for the Mammoth.
“The Lakers were holding Jamie’s WLA playing rights on their holdout list,” explains Welch. “When we learned he was relocating to BC and was looking to play in the WLA, we made it a priority to get him. We certainly think he is worth the price of a first round pick at this point because he’s a proven player who is still very young and has a lot of good lacrosse left in him. We look forward to his WLA debut as a Shamrock and seeing him in the green and white for years to come.”
New floor photos
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Our new wood floor is in.
We are getting great reviews of our new floor. Check out the photos here. http://www.theboxrocks.com/news/lakers_floor.asp
Historic Event Saturday April 9th at 12:30pm
Our new floor will be unveiled Saturday at 12:30pm. We will post details as we get them.
Lakers sign Matt Quinton
The Burnaby Lakers have just signed Matt Quinton of The Owen Sound Woodsmen. Welcome to the team Matt.
