Season: 2023

The inaugural season of the Canadian National Pickleball League.

Backdraw game 1

Vancouver Rush Prevail in Must Win Four Game Match over Montreal Lions Lions Win Nailbiter over Rush with Big Comeback Both teams came into this match needing a win to stay alive in the playoffs. None more so than the Rush, who were the no. 1 seed, while the Lions were seventh overall. Too bad […]
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4th vs 5th

United Stays Hot in Come-From-Behind Victory over Brewers Brewers Women Stage Multiple Comebacks in Win over United Talk about being thrown in headfirst. Undrafted Reese George, who had big shoes to fill replacing Susan Pound, acquitted herself quite well, teaming with Christina Chin in a thrilling 15-11 victory over Carolina Hack and Hannah Blatt of […]
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3rd vs 6th

Pronghorns Cruise to Victory over Smash in Four-Game Match Pronghorns Women Prevail in Closely Fought Game Between these two teams, coming off the Eastern and Western Splits, it would be hard to pick a favorite. Coming in, the Prairie Pronghorns held on to 3rd at 8-6, while the East Toronto Smash were 6th, fashioning a […]
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2nd vs 7th

Wolverines Sweep Lions for Great Start to Playoffs Wolverines Women’s Doubles Team Tames Lions Unlike the no. 1 ranked Vancouver Rush, who lost to 8th seeded Northern Rollers, the no. 2 West Coast Wolverines used a fantastic start by their women’s doubles team to accentuate a clean sweep of the Montreal Lions. Even with an […]
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1st vs 8th

Rollers Stun Rush in First Match of Playoffs Rollers Women Deliver Stunning First Game Victory Anyone handicapping this match would have given easy odds to the Vancouver Rush to win it in the minimum four games. Someone forgot to tell the Northern Rollers they were supposed to abide by this. In a stirring first game […]
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Wolverines vs Rush

Rush Down Wolverines in Battle of Top Teams Rush Dominate to Take first Mixed Doubles Game In their last games of the Western Split, the West Coast Wolverines came in at 5-1 (no. 1 seed too) and the Vancouver Rush a respectable 4-2. With two powerful teams duking it out, the first game didn’t disappoint […]
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Pronghorns vs Rollers

Pronghorns Easily Dispatch Rollers in Four-Game Sweep Pronghorns Women Break Open Tight Game in Win over Rollers Early in this game, it looked like these two women’s doubles squads would go shot-for-shot down to the wire. But, the Pronghorns Kim Brent and Pam Clarke, energized by a timeout taken by the Rollers Jessica Kawamoto and […]
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Pronghorns vs United

United Caps Brilliant Western Split with Sixth Match Win over Pronghorns United Mixed Doubles Survive Late Rally to Beat Pronghorns Credit must go to the Pronghorns Matty Stodola and Pam Clarke, as they nearly caused the United’s Carolina Hack and Mark Gottfried to cough up a 14-7 lead. But it was United’s good fortune to […]
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Wolverines vs Brewers

Wolverines Whitewash Brewers in Four Straight for Fifth Match Win Wolverines Complete Spirited Comeback in Mixed Doubles The Wolverines Haddow Thul and Vicky Strandlund had their hands full drawing hard-hitting Susan Pound and Mark Cleminson of the Brewers. Despite early struggles, they came through with flying colors, coming back from a late four-point deficit to […]
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