Lax Beat

Nick Rose was the logical choice to move up to GM of the Jr A Orangeville Northmen after Bruce Codd stepped down from his role as GM and Head Coach. Rose joins host Stephen Stamp to talk about the Northmen family and his new position with one of the flagship franchises in the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League. 

Also, news from the lacrosse world looking at the 2023 world field championships in San Diego, the lacrosse calendar for 2022 and the Toronto Beaches suspension is rescinded in the OJLL. Remember to check out Lacrosse Link as well for your link to all think lacrosse. 

Ryan Benesch has now been with nine National Lacrosse League teams. Benesch joins host Stephen Stamp to talk about his latest career move, what he can bring to the FireWolves, who strings his sticks and more. Also, FireWolves GM and Head Coach Glenn Clark comes on to talk about why he wanted to bring Benesch to Albany and how the team is preparing to return to its former winning ways, after finishing on top of the NLL in the last season to be played but dropping their first two games of the 2021/22 season.

In the news section: Covid impacting the NLL but games getting back underway, Every Child Matters at NLL games, Tucker Out Lymphoma Night in Buffalo, Kevin J Johnston is a fugitive, the launch of the All World Box Lacrosse Academy and the Toronto Beaches appeal of their OJLL suspension.

Lacrosse Link family members Stephen Stamp (also the host of LaxBeat), Randy Trobak and Chris Lesanko conduct Lacrosse Link's first annual NLL Fantasy Draft. 

The Tewaaraton Lacrosse League and the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League butted heads this summer when the TLL announced they planned to launch their new league. The TLL didn't wind up taking place this year and even their planned combine for NLL prospects fell through, the latter in large part because the Ontario Lacrosse Association (of which the OJLL is part) threatened to suspend any players who took part in the TLL in any way for this year and next year. Jason Shuttleworth is the operating owner of the OJLL's Toronto Beaches and now the owner of the expansion Toronto Lacrosse Club in the TLL. How will it work to be involved in both leagues, what made Shuttleworth come around from being an opponent of the TLL's proposed league to an owner, and what does the future of lacrosse in Toronto look like? 

We tackle all of that and more with Shuttleworth as well as Beaches coach and Beast Athletics owner Reid Acton, this week on LaxBeat. It's a start towards conversations that need to happen in the lacrosse world. 

Speaking of the lacrosse world, LaxBeat opens with a news section looking at NLL preseason, Baggataway Cup, IIJL World U15 and U17 championships and more. 

The Baggataway Cup is the championship of the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association. It's being held November 5-7 at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. This week on LaxBeat, host Stephen Stamp is joined by Guelph Gryphons midfielder Mitch Ogilvie and Nipissing Lakers defender Quinn Harding. Also on the show is Emily VanDamme, goaltender for the Trent Excalibur who just won the Ontario University Athletics women's lacrosse championship for the second straight season and third time in VanDamme's Trent career. This one was unlike the others, though, because Trent had lost to Queen's four times in the regular season then had to face the mighty Gaels again in the gold medal game. 

You can watch the Baggataway Cup games live on Lacrosse Sports Network with Stamp on the play by play call alongside colour commentator Ryan McMichael. Get more info on CUFLA and the Baggataway, including the full schedule of games, on the CUFLA web site. 

Tari Kandemiri is a renaissance woman in lacrosse. She started her journey as the Official Lax Girl on Twitter in high school and has broadened her scope and her influence in the sport continually since then. She hosts a pair of podcasts, she's a play by play and colour announcer including for the recent Super Sixes event in Maryland, and in her spare time from all that plus her full-time job, Tari has launched a beauty app called Hama that helps folks find the right products for what their skin needs. We're fortunate to have gotten some of her time for a great episode of LaxBeat with host Stephen Stamp. LaxBeat is a proud part of the Lacrosse Link family; remember to check out all the episodes of the show at this link. 

Host Stephen Stamp is joined by key figures from four members of the Asia Pacific Lacrosse Union representing Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Interesting discussions about the growth of the game at the youth and adult levels, recruiting and developing coaches and officials, and the future of the sport in the Asia Pacific region. This is Season 9, Episode 16 of LaxBeat, the podcast formerly known as Boxla Beat, part of the Lacrosse Link family.

Check out the Lacrosse Link video show on YouTube and, starting this week, on Lacrosse Sports Network Thursday at 9:30 pm and repeating through the week. 

The Sixes discipline is new to lacrosse, but it's gaining traction in the bid to be included in the Olympic Games. This week, LaxBeat host Stephen Stamp is joined by World Lacrosse CEO Jim Scherr and by Colombian coach and player, respectively, Javier Silva and Oscar Cifuentes. They talk about the adoption and development of Sixes, the recent Pan American Lacrosse Association sixes tournament, and what's coming down the road in the discipline. LaxBeat is part of the Lacrosse Link family, your link to all things lacrosse. 

Andrew Suitor was one of the toughest players in the National Lacrosse League, one of the best teammates, and one of the best people. Now he has retired. Suitor joins host Stephen Stamp to talk about memorable moments in his career, his approach to being a teammate and friend, and the time he shaved half his beard off--vertically--after winning the Mann Cup. 

John Lintz is a National Lacrosse League defender and coach of the St. Albert Miners in the Rocky Mountain Jr A Lacrosse League. He wants players in the league to get more visibility so that NLL teams will know them better and hopefully they can be selected higher in the NLL draft. There are lots of things that would go into making that happen, and Lintz is hoping that he and other folks in the RMLL can do what's necessary to help promote their players. Lintz speaks with LaxBeat host Stephen Stamp, who also touches on some of the news of the week in the world of lacrosse.