There was no surprise when Lyle Thompson’s name was called first in the MLL draft. Lyle will be taking his talents down to Florida this summer for the next step in his lacrosse career as a member of the second year franchise Florida Launch. Only as a tenth grader he out-shined teammate and number one senior in the country John Greeley in the state championship game which his Lafayette team did…
Ohio has been a team that goes into the Collegiate draft with a lot of picks and comes out with big name players. This 2015 draft was a little different they did not have a bunch of draft picks and only added one big name offensive player. Their top need was midfield depth with the team did address with taking three midfielders but did trade away a close veteran close…
It is a tough job to make let alone crack a NLL roster year in and year out with a new draft every year and players going in and out of lineups due to injury’s or job issues. So making it to the second year in your pro career is an accomplishment in itself and this year’s sophomore class has many big name players in it. The two teams with the…
New England heads into its bye week and are looking great so far. They took down two of the top teams in the Eastern conference to start the 2015 year off. In just the first two games of the season, goalie Evan Kirk has looked great playing every second while making 84 saves and only letting up 15 goals. The Black Wolves upgraded their back-up position and that has seemed to help Kirk…
The Charlotte Hounds were a team that in just their second year as a franchise in 2013 went to the MLL championship game and were runners ups. In the summer of 2014 they didn’t make the playoffs after having high hopes at the start of the year. This has always been a team with young talent to build around and just traded away two veteran players to get more picks…
The Rochester Knighthawks may be the three time defending champs, but after losing their first game of the season to the Toronto Rock by a goal and getting blown out in week two by the New England Black Wolves, there are concerns that the Knighthawks need to address to get this team back on track. Their Offense needs to get back to basics in regards to catching and passing the ball around…
In the second weekend of NLL action the Vancouver Stealth will play their home opener vs. the Toronto Rock. Both teams look to improve their records to 2-0, with the Stealth having a great come from behind win over the Roughnecks while the Rock took down the three time defending Rochester Knighthawks. In their second year in Vancouver the Stealth look to make this year a more successful one than…
The New England Black Wolves came out on top in their first game of the season over the Buffalo Bandits. Buffalo was the second best team in the East last season while the Black Wolves, which were then in Philadelphia and called the Wings, did not make the playoffs. When you look at the Black Wolves they have one thing most other NLL teams do not which is a good…
There has been a lot of excitement around the New England Black Wolves lately, mainly because this coming Friday, January 2nd 2015, the New England Black Wolves will play their home opener at the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort and this game will also be the first NLL game to be played in the New England area since the Boston Blazers final season played back in 2011. The newest Black Wolves goalie, Tye…
You don’t usually see many college football players go into the world of pro lacrosse. If anything, you see more lacrosse players go into the NFL, players such as; current Buffalo Bills, Chris Hogan and Houston Texan, Will Yeatman. One player, Bill O’ Brien has just made the jump into the NLL. O’Brien was a three-year starting defensive end and linebacker at the Division One AA, Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Growing…