Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin that is played using a small solid rubber ball and a long-handled racquet called a crosse or lacrosse stick. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose netting that is designed to hold the lacrosse ball. Offensively, the object of the game is to use the lacrosse stick to catch, carry, and pass the ball in an effort to score by ultimately hurling the ball into an opponent's goal. Defensively the object is to keep the opposing team from scoring and to dispossess them of the ball through the use of stick checking and body contact or positioning. There are three main versions of the sport; men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse and box lacrosse.

Not only are there are many similarities between lacrosse and hockey but many NHL stars have played lacrosse in their careers as well. Did you know that Wayne Gretzky grew up playing lacrosse in Ontario and that Gary Roberts and Joe Nieuwendyk were part of the 1984 Canadian Jr. A Lacrosse Minto Cup Championship team?


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We are working on obtaining some info about previous lacrosse organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador, so if you have any please let us know. The current league we have running started February 2008 in St. John's, in the gym of Larkhall Academy. On an average night we had anywhere from six to ten players and eventually one goalie. In a short period of time, the interest grew and we eventually started averaging from 15 to 20 players a night as well as two goalies and proper lacrosse nets. We also moved locations from the gym to Brother O'Herir Arena, where we currently play as long as the ice is off. We have also experimented playing in other locations such as the Memorial University gym and Northpoint indoor ball hockey arena, however the ice rink remains the location of choice.