A pair of Wallaceburg lacrosse players have made the final cuts this year for the National Lacrosse League’s Vancouver Stealth.
Jordan Durston will be back with the squad, along with veteran goalie Tye Belanger.
The Stealth announced their opening rosters on Monday.
“I wanted to make conditioning a priority,” stated Head Coach and Assistant General Manager Jamie Batley in a press release.
“From minute one, I wanted the guys to know that this was going to be a tough camp,” said . “I was extremely pleased with how the guys reacted and after the tough decisions we made this past weekend I am confident we have a team that is capable of playing the fast-paced tempo we plan to play.”
In his rookie season last year with Vancouver, Durston finished with 17 goals and 21 assists in 17 games.
Belanger was acquired by the Stealth in a trade back in October.
Belanger played the last two seasons with the New England Black Wolves. Before that he spent three season with Colorado, debuting in the NLL back in 2012.
“I am really pleased with the compete level the guys showed over the last several weeks of camp and I am looking forward to the new season,” stated President and General Manager Doug Locker.
“Obviously, we had some difficult decisions, as every team in our league has, but our staff did a tremendous job evaluating each player very thoroughly and this team has the tools to compete at the highest levels of our league.”
Vancouver will visit Calgary in their season debut on January 6.
Kings drop game to Amherstburg
The Dresden Kings fell to the Amherstburg Admirals on Friday 5-2.
Dresden had been leading 2-0 after one period, after goals from Derek Shaw and Will Tetzlaff.
However, the Admirals bounced back with five unanswered goals the rest of the way.
Dresden now sits at 11-16-1 on the season, 7th place in the Hobbs Division.
Dresden will travel to Petrolia on Thursday before hosting Wallaceburg on Friday.
Puck drops at 7:30 p.m. in both games.
Lakers lose big
The Wallaceburg got trounced by the Lakeshore Canadiens on Friday night by a score of 15-1.
Lakeshore outshot Wallaceburg 63-17.
Garret Wojcicki scored the lone goal for Wallaceburg.
The Lakers, who are now 1-25-1 on the season, will host Blenheim on Wednesday before heading to Dresden on Friday.
Both games start at 7:30 p.m.
– Photo credit: Colorado Mammoth, Vancouver Stealth
