Maple Ridge Burrards star Curtis Dickson will be missing some teammates, and some Victoria opponents, due to suspensions from a brawl in Game 2 of the WLA final. (Province Files.)
The Western Lacrosse Association final as a feel-good story has taken a bit of a hit.
The WLA head office suspended two members of the Victoria Shamrocks and three members of Maple Ridge Burrards a combined nine games for their roles in a nasty brawl in Game 2 of the best-of-seven set on Friday in Maple Ridge.
The Burrards are in the league final for the first time since 1990, when John Tavares was a senior rookie and the team was still based in Vancouver.
Victoria’s Bubba Westwood received three games for leaving the bench, while teammate Ben McCullough was assessed a two-game penalty for the same infraction.
Maple Ridge’s Kevin Reid got two games for “prolonging a fight and hitting a player in a vulnerable and defenseless position.” Aaron Davis received one game for that infraction, while Tyler Codron got one game for being third man in an altercation.
Both clubs were fined $1,000. Here’s the league press release.
The teams combined for 354 minutes in penalties and 17 ejections.
Oh, by the way, the Shamrocks won 12-8 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven set to decide B.C. team in the Mann Cup national final. Game 3 is Sunday in Victoria.
There was a buzz on Twitter about it Saturday.
And here’s some video of what happened.
