No one said being an expansion franchise would be easy and the Ohio Machine went through their share of lumps last season. But the team began play, established a nice fan base and has some nice individual players to build a team around. Consistency is key to becoming a championship contending team so it was important for the Machine to protect the right players when they announced their 23-man protected…
After winning a championship in 2012, Chesapeake Bayhawks general manager Brian Reese has retired from Major League Lacrosse. Reese led the Bayhawks to a Championship with his moves in the off season, acquiring Kip Turner, John Grant Jr, Drew Westervelt among others. Reese said he retired to spend more time with his family. Before joining the Bayhawks, Reese had been the GM with the Denver Outlaws for five seasons. In…
Editors Note- John Grant Jr has had an amazing year, winning MLL and CLA titles and an NLL MVP. He spoke to LaxWorm Radio on The Lacrosse Radio Network on Thursday night, and our newest intern, Fago Franklin, has the transcribed version. Is there anything else you want to do this season, before we start next season? JGJ: Actually I am in the of season , so ummm I guess…
Earlier last week, we took a look at where the NLL draftees came out of the most. But today we are going to do something a little bit different. What about the top college system overall at creating pros? We took a look over the last two drafts of the NLL and MLL, and came up with a ranking for the top prospect developing program. Something we also took a…
We’ve all been wondering why the Long Island Lizards protected Zack Greer, someone who has not played Major League Lacrosse since 2010. Today we found out, with him being shipped to the Denver Outlaws. The Lizards in return get second year player Collin Briggs who played at the University of Virginia. Long Island also gets a draft pick from Denver in the 2013 Supplemental Draft. Greer has played in the…
The Denver Outlaws 23 man protected roster has a lot of familiar faces on it, along with a new one. Their unprotected roster has some big names on it as well. Denver also decided, a week prior to the rosters being announced, that they would trade one of their top midfielders, Peet Poillon, to the Charlotte Hounds. In return, the Outlaws received a very good attackman in Jeremy Boltus. This…
The Rochester Rattlers protected 23 man roster was announced two weeks ago. A week prior to the rosters being announced, the Rattlers made a trade with the Charlotte Hounds. Billy Bitter, Kevin Randall and the Hounds 11th pick in the 2013 MLL Collegiate Draft were sent to Rochester. In turn, Charlotte received midfielder Kevin Drew along with Rochester’s 4th and 28th overall selections in the Draft. What I was shocked…
The Long Island Lizards were one of the biggest surprises and success stories of the 2012 MLL season. It was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Lizards but thanks to great goaltending, great face-off play and the quick rise of a number of rookies, amongst other things, the Lizards finished 8-6 and reached Championship Weekend, before losing in the first round to the Denver Outlaws (and by losing…
Back before the 2012 MLL Collegiate Draft, the Long Island Lizards and Charlotte Hounds pulled off a blockbuster trade. Charlotte would be getting the first overall pick in the draft, and they shipped it to Long Island along with Max Quinzani for two Lizards studs, Stephen Berger and Matt Danowski. Long Island made the playoffs before losing in the first round to Denver, while Charlotte finished with the third worst…
Long Island has a long off season ahead of them after they blew a nine goal lead to lose in the playoffs. They were a team who was dubbed as “rebuilding” for parts of last season, but they still found a way to get into the playoffs. They lost long time Lizards Matt Danowski and Nicky Polanco and added in young guys like CJ Costabile and Matt Gibson. Gibson won…