Congrats to Team Canada

Warmother · Post by **Warmother** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:31 am

http://www.2006worldlacrosse.com/

For the 1st time since 1978 the USA lax team lost in the World Games.

Congrats to Canada and Gary Gait.

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:07 am

The tournament was actually held in my little old home town of London, Ontario.

But i'm stunned that somebody on the board other than me even knew about the tourney.

Gait got 4 goals... ALL in the fourth quarter. He just completely took over the game. (it was 9-8 Canada at the start of the 4th) 15 goals in 5 games in the tourney for Gait... the man is a lacrosse machine!

It's about time we beat the Americans at our own sport. :oops:

Punu · Post by **Punu** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:33 pm

It's Canadas national passtime... so im not suprised they won... USA has always kicked butt... Although Canada is always close.... Anyway congrats to Canada... This year should make for some good highlight reels.

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:08 am

Do they wear skates when they play up there?

Warmother · Post by **Warmother** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:23 am

JansenFan wrote:Do they wear skates when they play up there?

Only when it's icy.

I'm glad Gait got a World Lax Championship. He is the best all-time.

BossHog · Post by **BossHog** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:28 am

JansenFan wrote:Do they wear skates when they play up there?

Nah... we don't make the Americans play with their noses in the air either. :wink:

In the past, they did play for heads though. :shock:

Field lacrosse is great... box lacrosse is better IMO. What an awesome game that is.

The Gait brothers are both amazing lacrosse players. It was great to see the NLL take off, so that more people could see just how great they were/are. The Toronto Rock have COMPLETELY dominated the NLL, so I've been fortunate enough to see some absolutely amazing lacrosse over the last few years. They were bought and moved from Hamilton in 1999 and since then, they've won 5 out of the last 7 championships. :shock:

(1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005)

If you've never caught an NLL game... check it out. If you like high speed, fast-paced, aggressive sports... you're sure to tune in more than once. My 2 cents

Ahem... sorry... and way to go Canada!!!!

:celebrate:

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:07 am

They play NLL games on Comcast SportsNet at like 100 in the morning sometimes. Other than that, its not an easy sport to find on TV.

Warmother · Post by **Warmother** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:51 am

When the Baltimore Thunder was around in the NLL. I saw Gait score 9 goals in a game. I love indoor lax and it sucked when the Thunder was moved. I wish somebody would bring a team back.