Team Canada won the gold medal at the World Men’s Lacrosse Box Championship (also known as the World Men’s Indoor Lacrosse Championship). In the gold medal game, Canada defeated the United States 13-7.
The Canadians won all six games in the tournament. In Group A, Canada defeated England 19-4 on September 21, Haudenosaunee 13-10 on September 22 and the United States 14-10 on September 24. By winning all three games in Group A, Canada won their group with a perfect record of three wins and zero losses, and advanced to the quarterfinals as number one.
In the knockout round, Canada defeated Japan 22-4 in the quarterfinals, England 20-3 in the semifinals and the United States 13-7 in the final. Haudenosaunee, representing the Iroquois Confederacy, then defeated England 14-5 in the bronze medal game.
Ottawa Black Bears forward Jeff Teat of Brampton, Ont., was the most valuable player of the World Cup. In six games he scored 14 goals and 28 assists for 42 points. Meanwhile, Calgary Roughnecks goalkeeper Christian Del Bianco of Coquitlam, British Columbia, was named the World Team’s Best Goalkeeper, and Buffalo Bandits defenseman Steve Priolo of St. Catherines, Ontario, was named the World Team’s Best Goalkeeper.
This was the sixth all-time Men’s Lacrosse Boxing World Championship. Canada has won the gold medal at the last five World Championships.
Additionally, the first-ever Women’s Lacrosse Boxing World Championship was held last week in Utica. Canada won the silver medal after losing to the United States 10-7. Canada won Group B after defeating Finland 31-0 on September 20, Australia 26-0 on September 21, Germany 28-0 on September 23 and Ireland 28-0 on September 24. Canada then defeated the Netherlands 33-2 in the quarterfinals, and Haudenosaunee 19-3 in the semifinals. Haudenosaunee defeated Australia 21-4 to win bronze. Jordan Dean of Greenbank, Ontario, who attends the University of Massachusetts, was the top defender on the women’s world team. Erica Evans of Peterborough, Ont., the women’s lacrosse coach at Trent University, was one of the top two forwards on the world team. Megan Kinna of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, who attended Northwestern University, was the top transition player on the world team.
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