Lacrosse? LaWhat?

Lacrosse is a team sport in which players pass, catch and carry a rubber ball using sticks with a netted pouch at one end. The object of the game is to accomulate points by shooting the ball into the opposing team's goal. It's a sport that is played with many variations: on a field with ten players per side; in an arena with six players per side; with wooden sticks; with plastic sticks; time differences and other variations.

The origins of the sport lie with North America's native Indian nations. Many believe that lacrosse is the root of which Hockey came from.

Last night Jim and I took Crystal to see a professional lacrosse game at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Rock were playing the Edmonton Rush from the National Lacrosse League. This version of the game consists of four fifteen-minute quarters with six men per side. Last night's game was easily won by the Rock 16 to 7.


It's a good idea that if you go to these games, that you like Rock music. Throughout the game a variety of hard rocking, toe tapping music is played. AC/DC, INXS, The Clash, Steve Earle, Cheap Trick, Jon Bon Jovi, Aerosmith etc.... But I think AC/DC is the team's favourite. After most of their goals, the sound system plays "For those about to rock, we salute you".

We all had a fun time and weren't sad that the Olympic opening ceremonies were on because I had the PVR recording the event at home. Once we got home, we watched them.

Perfect segue .... did you know that Field Lacrosse was once an Olympic sport? In 1904 Canada won both a gold and bronze medal. However, its the mohawk nation's bronze medal win that makes me chuckle. Here are the names of these bronze medallists: Almighy Voice, Black Eagle, Black Hawk, Flat Iron, Half Moon, Lightfoot, Man Afraid Soap, Night Hawk, Rain in Face, Red Jacket, Snake Eater and Spotted Tail ...