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On this edition of Lacrosse Classified, we turn to 22 year broadcasting veteran Brian Shanahan. Brian tells us stories of years past, the evolution of defensive specialists, and what lacrosse skills had a major effect in his brother Brendan's NHL career.Plus a recap of week 1 of the greatest box lacrosse team of all time and out week 2 picks in Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott.As always a big thank you to our sponsors, the Vancouver Warriors, Stampede Tack, G Wilson Construction and Associated Labels and Packaging. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lax-all-stars/message

This week's edition of the Lacrosse Classified podcast changes up as the world has also changed. There are no games to recap, no G Wilson Construction Under Review to be had. Evan and Jake do their best though to break down the impact of COVID-19, including what it could mean for this fall's NLL draft. We have just one guest this week. It's none other than the commissioner of the NLL, Nick Sakiewicz, who joins us on the program and recaps what has happened with the COVID-19 situation and what may occur going forward as the situation with the coronavirus develops.Also, for Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott, as there were no games last week, we instead started our version of the NCAA Basketball March Madness tournament with a 32-team field to discover the greatest box lacrosse team of all time, starting with the 2000's regional with four big matchups to consider.Thanks to the sponsors of the Lacrosse Classified Podcast: the Vancouver Warriors, Stampede Tack, G Wilson Construction and Associated Labels and Packagi

On this week's edition of the Lacrosse Classified podcast, we have a unique show in that for the first time in the history of the podcast, an NLL crew chief, Todd Labranche joins us for an in-depth interview as to the life of an NLL referee, the training, coaching and weekly review work that is performed, and he talks about his call in Colorado that went viral on the internet and giving Jake a misconduct in a WLA game. Ben McIntosh of the Saskatchewan Rush joins us on the podcast in another exciting interview.Ben McIntosh who plays for the Saskatchewan Rush and PLL's Waterdogs. McIntosh is fresh off of a big win over the Vancouver Warriors last week with a six point performance, and we talk about the Rush's struggles at home, the return to a three-righty set and what it takes for Ben to be the best in the NLL at the quick stick.As always, we recap Week 15 in the from around the National Lacrosse League, we play another round of Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott where Evan has once again regained the lead over J

On this week's edition of the Lacrosse Classified podcast, we recap Week 14 in NLL action that consisted of eight games and an unusual finish in Calgary that our G Wilson Construction Under Review had covered just a few weeks ago. Wesley Berg and Joe Nardella join us on the show.First up on the program is Wesley Berg of the San Diego Seals, PLL Redwoods and Coquitlam Adanacs. We talk about his new start in San Diego, the team's recent success and what it's like to play with Austin Staats.Then we speak with Joe Nardella of the New England Black Wolves, PLL Whipsnakes and recently signed with the New Westminster Salmonbellies. We talk about his Faceoff Factory business, the transition to playing defense as well as being a faceoff specialist in the NLL and the signing in New West.As always, we play Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott and we then put the rule differences for goalies between the NLL and CLA Under Review, finishing with our Quick Sticks segment.As always a big thank you to our sponsors: the Vancouver Warrio

On this week's edition of the Lacrosse Classified podcast, we look at a crazy finish in Georgia between the Swarm and Roughnecks, a defensive battle between the Rock and Thunderbirds and in G Wilson Construction's Under Review, we look back on two unusual challenges this past week under the virtual goal rule. Mike Accursi and Rhys Duch join us on the show.Our first guest is the first-year head coach of the league-leading Halifax Thunderbirds, Mike Accursi. We talk about the Thunderbirds success, the huge crowds that have turned up in Halifax and the contributions of Ryan Benesch and Graeme Hossack to the team.Our second guest is the overtime hero in the 2019 NLL Cup Finals, from the Calgary Roughnecks and Victoria Shamrocks, Rhys Duch. We discuss what it is like playing for Curt Malawsky, the return of Dane Dobbie and the rehab process Rhys had to undergo this past offseason with an achilles injury.As always we play another round of Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott with eight big games on the schedule in

On this week's edition of the Lacrosse Classified podcast, we look back at Week 12 of the National Lacrosse League and put a series of unusual calls Under Review from a thrilling finish in Halifax in our G Wilson Construction segment. Rob Hellyer and Zach Higgins join the show.First up this week is Rob Hellyer of the Toronto Rock. Rob is tied for the league lead in goals scored after putting up a sock trick in Saturday's win over Vancouver. We talk about the Rock's offensive success despite some key injuries up front, his rehab from a devastating knee injury and his thoughts on Dan Dawson dropping the gloves on Saturday.Next up is Zach Higgins, goaltender for the Philadelphia Wings, who currently leads the NLL in both goals against average and save percentage. We talk about his years as a backup leading up to the chance he received this year to be a starter, the change in confidence in Philly this year and one fantastic paint job on his helmet.And as we record on Family Day in British Columbia and Saskatchewa

On this week's episode of the Lacrosse Classified podcast, we recap Week 11 of the NLL which featured one of the finest displays of goaltending we've seen in a long time from both Dillon Ward and Evan Kirk. Ryan Dilks and Joel McCready join us on the show.Our first guest is the 2016 NLL Defender of the Year, Ryan Dilks of the Saskatchewan Rush and St. Albert Miners. After taking a year off from the NLL due to firefighting training, Ryan leads the NLL in caused turnovers. We talk about the balance between lacrosse and the work of being a firefighter, his ability to anticipate the play and what it was like to come into the NLL as a 5th round pick.Our second guest is Joel McCready of the Vancouver Warriors and Coquitlam Adanacs. After a crucial overtime win in Rochester on Sunday that saw the Warriors catapult into second place in the west, we talk about what has changed in Vancouver over the last few years and overcoming an Achilles injury.As always we play another round of Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott where Evan

On this week's edition of Lacrosse Classified, after a weekend in Vegas for both Jake & Evan — by which some miracle Jake survived — we put the issue of whether a future NLL expansion team in Vegas will work in our G Wilson Construction Under Review segment. Corey Small and Eric Penney join us on the show.Also in Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott, Evan's lead is now at two games.Our first guest is Corey Small of the Buffalo Bandits and the Peterborough Lakers, who scored the OT winner in both of Buffalo's last two games. We talk about team chemistry, the impact a coach like John Tavares will have on a team and how important his eight years with the Victoria Shamrocks were to the development of his career.Our second guest is the goaltender of the Vancouver Warriors, Eric Penney. Recently the Warriors gave Eric a huge boost of confidence after releasing Aaron Bold made him the clear-cut starter in Vancouver and Penney has rewarded them with perhaps the best two performances of his NLL career.As always a big thank

On this week's episode of Lacrosse Classified, after Jake gets a pass from his girlfriend to head down to Vegas this coming weekend, we turn our focus of the show onto the Dive In to Sin City game coming up this weekend between the San Diego Seals and Colorado Mammoth which both Evan and Jake will be in attendance for. First up, we have the captain of the San Diego Seals and PLL Chaos, Brodie Merrill. Brodie is now 38 years old but you wouldn't be able to tell it from the way he continues to excel at the game. He is also in the opinion of this show the greatest long pole of all time, having the LSM player of the year award in the PLL named after him, even while he is still an active player. We talk about the Seals early struggles, an unusual goaltending situation in the Seals last game, his work at the Hill Academy and reflect back on perhaps the game that meant the most to him, the 2006 ILF World Championship final. Next up is the guy who is certainly the best goaltender overall in b

This week on Lacrosse Classified, we dig deep into an eight-game Week 8 that was full of surprises, and where our #WhoYaGott winner from 100 entries had just a 6-2 record. Holden Cattoni and Dan Lomas join us on the show.From a massive upset in Long Island as the New York Riptide took down the Georgia Swarm, to the Rochester Knighthawks having a very different pair of results, to the Colorado Mammoth only scoring five times against the Vancouver Warriors and then lighting up the Saskatchewan Rush the next night. Because both expansion teams got their first win in franchise history, that's where we are focusing our attention this week.First up is Holden Cattoni of the Rochester Knighthawks. Holden, a former Johns Hopkins star, was one of the first players to come out of Alberta's Elev8 program into the NCAA. Having played the 2018 season with the Calgary Roughnecks, Holden was then traded to Georgia in 2019 only to be surprisingly left unprotected in the expansion draft and was picked up with th

This week on Lacrosse Classified, we have not two, but three guests on the lineup. Pat Gregoire, Matt Rambo and Devan Kaney all join the show.First up is the color commentator for the Halifax Thunderbirds and contributor to Lacrosse Flash, Smokin' Pat Gregoire. We talk about the success of the Thunderbirds, what it takes to get his hair in place, and has his man-crush changed from Bradley Kri to Graeme Hossack?Secondly, we speak with Matt Rambo of the Philadelphia Wings and Whipsnakes of the PLL. We speak about the recent success of the Wings, the transition of his game to the box game, the growth of the US men's box lacrosse team and scoring the overtime winner in the PLL championship.Finally, this week we have Devan Kaney of the NLL and field reporter for the Philadelphia Wings. Devan produces a number of segments for the NLL every week including The Rundown and Huddle Up. We talk about her recent trips to LaxCon and San Diego, who her memorable player interviews were with and who is her favorite analyst to

On this week's edition of Lacrosse Classified, we talk about goaltending depth in the NLL in our G Wilson Construction Under Review and Jake manages to win last week's Stampede Tack Who Ya Gott, but we don't hand him the prize. Jeff Shattler and Lyle Thompson join us on the show.First up is former NLL MVP, Jeff Shattler of the Saskatchewan Rush. We talk about the adjustment to the three lefty system and about the growth of lacrosse in Saskatchewan and the Shattler Lacrosse Academy.Then we have another former MVP, Lyle Thompson of the Georgia Swarm. We get into such a detailed talk about life with Lyle that we almost forget to talk about lacrosse.As always a big thank you to our sponsors, Pure Vita Labs, the Vancouver Warriors, Associated Labels and Packaging, Stampede Tack & G Wilson Construction. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lax-all-stars/message

On this week's edition of Lacrosse Classified, we have a big eight games on hand in Week 5 to sift through in this week's Stampede Tack Who We Had and discuss how important were faceoffs this weekend. Kevin Crowley and Bradley Kri join us on the show.In Under Review, we look at the delay-of-game penalty assessed to Calgary on Saturday night and revisit when we talked about their travel schedule with Curt Malawsky just a few months earlier.Our first guest is the Big Cat, Kevin Crowley of the Philadelphia Wings. The first overall pick in the 2011 NLL draft put up 7 points in a key 8-7 win over Calgary Saturday night. We talk about the final possession, what it means to play in Philly where Kevin has lived for the past 7 years and what his worst travel nightmare has been in his NLL career.Second up is Bradley Kri of the Toronto Rock. Kri is one of the most improved players in 2019, we talk about the Rock's win over Rochester this past weekend, how much of a toll taking faceoffs has on his body and Pat Gregoire's

This week on Lacrosse Classified we have just two games to recap in Stampede Tack's Who We Had, but have a massive eight games for this week's Who Ya Gott. Robert Hope and Brad Challoner join us on the show.Editor's Note: We'd like to give an official "Santa Warning." If you have kids tuning in to the podcast along with you, be careful about them listening as we talk about some real truths about the big man...In the wake of the Brett Mydske free agent signing, we add some compensatory picks in our G Wilson Constriction Under Review.First up, we have Robert Hope of the Colorado Mammoth, Peterborough Lakers and Team Canada. We discuss the Mammoth's early success on defense, their big overtime win against Calgary and ask the question, "Is the Mann Cup safe?"Next up is the voice of the Vancouver Warriors, and former host of Lacrosse Classified Brad Challoner. We discuss the impact of the Brett Mydske signing, the performance of the Warriors to date and Brad's affliction with Christmas music.As always a big t

On this edition of Lacrosse Classified, we have two guests who had big games in Week 3 of the NLL schedule. Callum Crawford and Keegan Bal join us on the show.First up is Callum Crawford of the New England Black Wolves. The veteran — who fell just short of the league scoring title last season — has been ripping it up in the NLL through two games again this year. We talk about the Black Wolves' success, the rise of Douggie Jamieson, Callum's interesting flight to Saskatoon this past weekend and the success of his program in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Next up is Keegan Bal of the Vancouver Warriors who had 8 points in the Warriors win over the Riptide on Saturday. Bal's story is an interesting one in which two years ago, he found himself out of a job in the NLL and was playing Senior B lacrosse in St. Albert when he got the call from Dan Richardson of the Warriors to come to camp to try out. The Warriors, who were looking for diamonds in the rough to build on their depth, embraced Bal, who repaid them

On this week's edition of Lacrosse Classified, we get right into our G Wilson Construction Under Review segment as we tackle the Dane Dobbie suspension. We also get into our Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott and Who We Had. John Tavares and Ryan Benesch join us on the show, plus full recaps of Week 2 of the NLL.Our first guest is the all-time points leader in NLL and MSL history and the head coach of the Buffalo Bandits, John Tavares. We recap the Bandits opening win, changes with a new coaching staff and tackle the massive changes at forward.Then we speak with Ryan Benesch of the Halifax Thunderbirds. The 9th all-time leader in NLL points discusses the atmosphere in Halifax, the hit-start to their game and just how many NLL teams he's played for.As always a big thank you to our sponsors Pure Vita Labs, the Vancouver Warriors, Associated Labels and Packing, Stampede Tack and G Wilson Construction. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lax-all-sta

On this week's edition of Lacrosse Classified, we dig into Week 1 action in the NLL, a week for the goalies. Robert Church and Christian Del Bianco join us on the show. We also bring back the segments of Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott & Under Review, which explain the non-crease violation in the Georgia - Rochester game.Our first guest is Robert Church of the Saskatchewan Rush. The three-time NLL champion put up 8 points in Week 1 and contributed to all but one Rush goal on Friday.Our second guest is Calgary Roughnecks goaltender & Pure Vita Labs sponsored athlete, Christian Del Bianco. Christian is one of the youngest goaltenders to win an NLL title as a starter and is coming off a 63-save performance on Friday.As always a big thank you to our sponsors, the Vancouver Warriors, Associated Labels and Packaging, Pure Vita Labs, Stampede Tack and G Wilson Construction. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lax-all-stars/message

On this week's edition of Lacrosse Classified, we clear the tables for an extended talk with just one guest, NLL Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz.  On the eve of the upcoming season, we talk all things NLL, including future expansion, a new potential CBA, new league sponsors, growing team revenue beyond expansion, the upcoming game in Las Vegas and the long term vision of the NLL.We also review the team roster cuts and surprises and learn the exact role Biz Nasty will play with the Warriors. We also answer our Under Review submission for the week, and its the return of Stampede Tack's #WhoYaGott. Learn how to win weekly with season-long prizes from Stampede Tack.As always a big thank you to our sponsors, the Vancouver Warriors, Pure Vita Labs, Associated Labels and Packaging and Stampede Tack. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lax-all-stars/message

On this week's edition of Lacrosse Classified, we wrap up our Stampede Tack team previews with the Vancouver Warriors and speak with the general manager of the team, Dan Richardson. Richardson, who was the long time general manager of the New Westminster Salmonbellies of the Western Lacrosse Association is working to rebuild a team that lacked depth and draft picks when he arrived. We speak to him about the rebuilding efforts, the battle for the starting goaltending spot on the team, the move to Friday home games in Vancouver and his recent signing of Paul Bissonette to a try-out contract.Then we come full circle on Lacrosse Classified once again by having two guests on Season 2, Ep. 2 that we had on Season 1, Ep. 1, Peter Schmitz and Dave Succamore from the Professional Lacrosse Players Association. When we last had these two gentlemen on the program, there was significant doubt as to whether there would be a 2018-19 NLL season and we spoke with them for almost 50 minutes about what the issues

We are kicking off Season 2 of Lacrosse Classified and as we continue through our Stampede Tack team previews, we move on to the two teams that perhaps had the fewest offseason moves in the Saskatchewan Rush and the Toronto Rock.First up, we speak to the man we consider to be the greatest head coach and general manager of all time in Derek Keenan. Keenan has led the Rush to three championships and five NLL finals and has built his winner by being a master through the draft and acquiring a multitude of draft picks. We speak to him about getting the likes of Jeff Cornwall and Ryan Dilks back into the lineup, a status update on Brett Mydske and why the Rush keep their training camp roster numbers extremely low.Secondly, we head to Toronto to speak with general manager and owner of the Toronto Rock, Jamie Dawick. Its only fitting that we speak to Jamie almost 1 year exactly since his last appearance on the podcast when he was the first owner to speak out during the labour stoppage, a conversation w