Down Memory Lane Articles - by Stan Shillington The newspaper headlines lamented "Canada's Field Lacrosse Team" Suffers Humiliation from U.S." and "Americans Massacre Canadians".There was little doubt that the 28-4 drubbing was potentially a grave looking to be filled.But, just one week later, the media exulted in one of the greatest comebacks ever...
Ontario-born Jack Bionda was just a smidgen shy of his nineteenth birthday in 1952 when he first visited British Columbia. And, my oh my, what and impression he made. With Bionda's scoring prowess wreaking havoc against all comers, Brampton Excelsiors breezed past St. Catharines and Winnipeg on the road to the Minto Cup finals in British Colum...
The basement workshop was an incredible sea of clutter - tools hanging on the wall, more on the workbench, strands of leather draped over nearby hooks, tubs of resin on the floor below a glue pot and an armful of skeletal lacrosse sticks stacked in the corner awaiting the master's touch.Multi-thousands of sick, broken and bent lacrosse sticks found...
It was New Years Eve, Mardi Gras and Armistice Day all rolled into one. Jubilant crowds snaked down the main thoroughfare of the city, a huge bonfire set in front of the main transportation station sparked high into the sky, bystanders cheered as participants. A riot? No way! It was a party - the spontaneous outburst of New Westminster pride after ...