Tag: Sports
Firebirds explode in Game 5 blowout over Bears
The Flint Firebirds entered this best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal against the Owen Sound Attack as the favourites and for the first time all series that much was clear Sunday at the Dort Financial Center. The Attack looked outmatched throughout key stretches of the second and third periods, and short bursts of domination are all this […]
Attack add 12 prospects on second day of OHL draft
On day two of the OHL Priority Selection draft, the Owen Sound Attack added 12 more prospects to the fold including seven forwards, four defenders and a goaltender. Owen Sound opened the day by selecting Quinte Red Devils centre Jared Langdon with their fourth-round pick, 74th-overall. The five-foot-11 and 163-pound centre was the second player […]
Bears take Ottawa-area prospect with a nose for the net 11th-overall
The Ottawa to Owen Sound talent pipeline continued to flow Friday night as the Attack selected Navan Grads product Ben Cormier 11th-overall in the Ontario Priority Selection draft. The five-foot-11, 175-pound centre is touted as a player with a shoot-first mentality and a nose for the net by OHL Central Scouting. He netted 38 goals […]
Firebirds hit the gas in the third to come from behind and even series
Like a phoenix, the Firebirds rose from the ashes in Game 4 to erase a two-goal Attack lead and tie the Western Conference quarterfinal at two games apiece with the clubs headed back to Michigan. Flint scored three unanswered goals and two in the third period to win 3-2 in front of 2,122 fans at […]
OLA threatening to suspend MSL commissioner unless Excelsiors are returned to Brampton
Major lacrosse in Ontario is facing a reckoning and Owen Sound is at its epicentre. A unanimous vote by the Major Series Lacrosse governors to approve the move of the storied Brampton Excelsiors franchise to Owen Sound in October 2020 sent shockwaves through the tight-knit lacrosse world and has fractured longstanding friendships. In the time […]