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Fish Out of Water #1: American playing box lacrosse

By Joel Derechinsky

As field lacrosse continues to grow, the game is becoming more and more publicized. Professional and Division I players alike are quickly becoming not only superstars but the faces of the game. For years, fans have watched Canadian and American teams compete in the World Games in both box and field lacrosse. Fans everywhere watch as college players not only move on to play in the MLL but also try to adapt to the Canadian game in the NLL.

Players such as Johnny Christmas, Shawn Nadelen and Ryan Boyle make the transition look easy, but in reality, how challenging, or easy, is it really? This summer, I have the opportunity to experience the box game first-hand, as I will be living in Calgary and playing for the Jr. A Raiders. Over the next two months, I will attempt to learn as much as I can about this fast-paced, Canadian game of box lacrosse.
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Q&A with Simon Giourmetakis of the Edmonton Eclipse

When the subject of Jr. A lacrosse comes up, all too often it begins and ends with Ontario and BC. But over in Alberta, there’s a young league playing a steadily-improving brand of ball and if you’re looking for a good reason to pay attention to the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League, look no further than Simon Giourmetakis. The Captain of the Edmonton Eclipse has spent the last two years leading his league in scoring and gearing up for what could be the most important season in the history of his team. The sharp-shooting lefty talks league set-up, where he’s headed, and how the boys in Alberta don’t get a whole lot of respect.

Looking at your schedule, you guys play both the Jr. A and Sr. B teams. Could you explain how that works?
This year one of the Sr. B teams dropped out because they couldn’t get enough people out, so it’s a little different than it was last year. The last two years that I’ve played in Jr. we played only the North Sr. teams, the teams from Edmonton. This year we play both of the North Sr. teams once, and then we play both of the South Sr. teams as well. We play all of the Jr. A teams four times this year. READ MORE »