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The Victoria Shamrocks have gone over the Rockies for their latest two additions to the Western Lacrosse Association team.
Rugged six-foot-three, 225-pound defender Jake Archdekin and Tristan Rai, a right-shooting offensive player, will join the local senior team from their junior clubs in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League in Alberta.
Archdekin, of Calgary, was captain of the RMLL champion Calgary Mountaineers and a key contributor to their breakout performance at the 2016 Minto Cup. Rai, of Edmonton, totalled 75 goals and 93 assists for 168 points in 65 Junior A games with the Calgary Raiders in Alberta and the Whitby Warriors in Ontario.
鈥淚 expect Jake and Tristan will both fit very nicely into our group,鈥� Shamrocks general manager Chris Welch said.
鈥淭hey fill positional needs that we have going into the 2017 season and they appear to be ready for Senior A.
鈥淛ake adds size, toughness and leadership potential to our back end, while Tristan comes with glowing recommendations from his coaches, Andrew McBride and Dane Dobbie.
鈥淎lberta is producing some high-quality lacrosse players and we think we got the two best available this year,鈥� Welch said.
Archdekin will arrive in town in time for the start of training camp and Rai will be here for the start of the season once he finishes school at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
The Shamrocks open the season May 19 at home to the Langley Thunder at The Q Centre.
