Congratulations to the Catamounts! 2016 DBLL Champs!

Champion Catamounts

Congratulations to the Catamounts, the 2016 DBLL
champions!  The Catamounts knocked off the top seeded Riverhawks 10-4, avenging a week one loss to the Riverhawks to start the season.  Both Nick Garden and Nick McCready had hat tricks in the win.  Earlier in the day, the Catamounts knocked off the Retrievers 16-13 and the Bearcats 14-8.  In the first round games, the Seawolves topped the Great Danes and the Bearcats stopped the Wildcats 9-5.  The Riverhawks beat the Seawolves 9-8 in a very close, exciting semifinal to reach the championship game.

Runners-up Riverhawks

Weather worked out well for the 2016 DBLL box lacrosse season.  Stay tuned next Fall for another exciting season of box lacrosse.  We may also be hosting an indoor hybrid box lacrosse league in a gym this winter.  Stay tuned!

DBLL Regular Season Over; Playoffs This Sunday

The DBLL regular season finished last weekend with two teams claiming the top spot at 5-1.  The Riverhawks claim the #1 seed with a head to head win over the Catamounts in week 1.  The Catamounts get the #2 seed.  The #6 seed is claimed by the Seawolves based on a head to head win over the Great Danes.  The Great Danes are the #7 seed.  Three teams finished with 3-3 records.  The Bearcats take the #3 seed based on the second tie breaker, head to head against common opponents with a better record.  The Wildcats take the #4 seed based on the third tie breaker, goals against.  The Retrievers enter the playoffs with the #5 seed (playoff tie breakers are described on the Rules page on the website).

Here's what this Sunday's playoff schedule looks like:

1:00 p.m. - #6 Seawolves vs. #7 Great Danes
2:00 p.m. - #2 Catamounts vs. #5 Retrievers
3:00 p.m. - #3 Bearcats vs. #4 Wildcats
4:00 p.m. - #1 Riverhawks vs. #6/#7 winner
5:00 p.m. - #2/#5 winner vs. #3/#4 winner
6:00 p.m. - Championship Game 

Please be sure to relay this schedule to your team.  We haven't had very good turn out for the last couple weeks of regular season games.  Please try to get your players to the final week of playoffs.  There will be no fill ins for playoffs, you will have to play with your regular team players only.  Be sure each team has a goalie.  Designate your goalie NOW so we can get the games started on time.

Stay tuned for any weather related location changes.  Last week the rink stayed wet despite early clearing of the water.  It's just not drying right now due to the sun being so low in the sky this time of year.  There is no more rain in the forecast this week and it looks like the rink is pretty dry right now.  If we get any rain this week we will have to change sites.  The alternate site is Portman hockey rink.  As of now though, we will be at Lower Chester again this Sunday.  Stay tuned!

Scores and Standings Updated

Scores and Standings have been updated!

Stats will be updated after this weeks games.

This weeks games:
4:00 p.m. - SeaWolves vs. WildCats  
5:00 p.m. - Retrievers vs. RiverHawks  
6:00 p.m. - BearCats vs. Great Danes

Games will again be at Lower Chester unless otherwise noted.  

Exciting Second Week of Box Lacrosse

Week 2 was wet and games were moved inside to the Four Seasons Arena in Carlton.  It was a good venue and games were exciting!  Two games ended with overtime goals in Braveheart.

In Game 1, the Catamounts held off the Retrievers 8-5 in a game that was closer than the three goal difference would indicate.  Game 2 was an exciting affair as the RiverHawks held off the SeaWolves 13-12 in overtime.  The RiverHawks held a lead for most of the game and the SeaWolves came back to take the lead with seconds to play.  With 4 seconds left, Will Smyth heaved a desperation shot on goal from mid-rink that went in to tie the game.  In Braveheart, Matt Porter would win the opening faceoff and take the ball down to score the winning goal.  In Game 3, the BearCats controlled the game leading by as many as 5 goals at one point.  However, the WildCats would continue to chip away at the lead and tie the game.  The ensuing overtime Braveheart saw both players get shots on net with saves by both goalies, before Ethan Palusky would retrieve his rebound and put the ball in the net for the 9-8 win.

Next weeks games are scheduled to go back to Lower Chester if the weather remains dry.  Next weeks schedule looks like:

4:00 p.m. - Great Danes vs. Catamounts
5:00 p.m. - BearCats vs. RiverHawks
6:00 p.m. - WildCats vs. Retrievers

Scores, standings and Stats have been updated.

Games MOVED for this Sunday September 25

Please note that due to impending rain and wet weather, DBLL games have been moved to the Four Seasons Sports Complex in Carlton, MN.  The address is:  90 Chestnut Ave, Carlton, MN 55718

See the map:
 

Game times are the same:
4:00 p.m. - Catamounts vs. Retrievers
5:00 p.m. - RiverHawks vs. SeaWolves
6:00 p.m. - BearCats vs. WildCats
BYE  - Great Danes

Great First Day of Box Lacrosse!

It turned out to be a great first day of box lacrosse after all of the puddles dried up!  The pace was fast and the games were fun to watch!  The benefits of box lacrosse were evident as the players started picking up the two man game, pick and rolls and give and goes.  This league is all about sharpening lacrosse skills and not about the scores and it's very clear that the players are really improving and box lacrosse is helping them get there.  It's fun to see the improvement in skills over only two years ago!

We had some good games with no team winning  by more than four goals.  In game one, we saw the BearCats (Binghamton) take down the SeaWolves (Stony Brook U) by a score of 17-14.  Game two saw the RiverHawks (UMass-Lowell) come out on top of the Catamounts (U of Vermont) 14-10 and in the last game of the day, the Retrievers (UMBC) topped the Great Danes (U of Albany) 10-8.  The WildCats (U of New Hampshire) had the bye.

Next week we'll see the Great Danes with the bye and Catamounts taking on Retrievers at 4:00 p.m., RiverHawks against SeaWolves at 5:00 p.m. and BearCats versus WildCats at 6:00 p.m.  See the season Standings and Stats and the Season Schedule on the website.  See you next week, and stay tuned for any weather related site changes.

2016 Season to Start September 18!

The new Duluth Box Lacrosse League season is slated to start September 18.  Please register now so we can begin putting teams together.  Go to this link to register - https://goo.gl/forms/xfts6ciVMbvio2v32