Photo Credit: Petr Tahal
In its third season of competition, the European Lacrosse League (ELL) just wrapped Tournament 2 of the 2014 season. The ELL format has four box lacrosse teams competing over four weekend round-robin tournaments to crown a champion.
The 2014 competing clubs are: Deutschland Adler, LCC Wolves Radotín, LCC Radotín Custodes, and Piertro Filipi Lacrosse Club.
The second weekend of competition saw the league-leaders LCC Wolves Radotín go 2-1, dropping just their opening game to second-place Deutschland Alder 13-12. It was the first loss over two weekends for the Wolves, who picked up wins against Pietro Filipi (12-8) and Radotín rivals Custodes (9-6).
German giants Alder also went 2-1 over the weekend and are now just one game back of the division lead. After the win over Wolves Alder fell to Custodes 14-7 before bouncing back the on Sunday to defeat Pietro 11-3.
Czech National Team player Skála Radek of LCC Wolves leads all league scorers six games into the season with 33 goals and 7 assists. Radek was a member of the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championship Czech Republic team, which finished in 14th place in Denver. Canadian Brian Tyacke of Alder is just behind Radek in scoring with 24 goals and 10 assists. The 27-year old is a native of New Westminster.
Tournament 3 will be held over the weekend of October 25-26. Following those results the league will seed all four teams for the league playoffs to be played November 1. All games are held at LCC Radotín Arena in Prague.
| 2014 ELL |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
| LCC Wolves Radotín |
5 |
1 |
71 |
46 |
| Deutschland Adler |
4 |
2 |
67 |
51 |
| LCC Custodes Radotín |
3 |
3 |
55 |
62 |
| Pietro Filipi LC |
0 |
6 |
34 |
68 |
Fans can follow the ELL on the web at https://www.europeanlacrosseleague.eu/en/ and on Twitter @EuroLaxLeague.
Also, don’t miss the gallery from the 1st 2014 Tournament.
