NLL Game Picks: Week Two
Last week the only one to come up with a win was David Ashby who correctly picked the Washington Stealth. Who will it be this week? Leave your picks below.
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Rod Jensen Suspended Six Months By CLA
After all of the stories about the positive tests in the Mann Cup, today we see a suspension announced. The Canadian Lacrosse Association has suspended Langley Thunder head coach Rod Jensen for his part in some incidents in the fall. According to reports his suspension comes during the final game of the Mann Cup when Jensen made a threat to referee Chris Williams, who reported him to the CLA. After…
MLL Game to be Played in Atlanta
According to Inside Lacrosse, Major League Lacrosse will experiment with a game in Atlanta in the upcoming 2013 season. They will play the game at Kennesaw State. Atlanta has been a target for the MLL and the league has stated so, and this seems like another step closer to a team playing in Atlanta in the possible future. There will be a press conference at Kennesaw State on Tuesday at 11am where…
CLax Announces 2013 Rosters
The Canadian Lacrosse League teams have announced their rosters for the 2013 season, all except the Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen. Below are the rosters of the teams who submitted them. Five teams are league operated (Niagara Lock Monsters, Barrie Blizzard, Brampton Inferno, Toronto Shooting Stars and Durham Turfdogs) and the other two are privately owned (Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen). The league operated team rosters are as follows: Toronto…
Billy Dee Smith and Andrew Suitor Lose Appeals, Will Miss First Two Games
The National Lacrosse League announced that both Billy Dee Smith of the Buffalo Bandits and Andrew Suitor of the Minnesota Swarm have lost their appeals and will serve two game suspensions to start the 2013 season. Suitor is suspended for being the instigator in a fight in a playoff game against the Edmonton Rush and it was his third game misconduct of 2012, resulting in an automatic suspension. He got…
Blizzard, Demons and Ironmen Win Pre Season Contests
In Canadian Lacrosse League pre season action yesterday afternoon, we saw wins come from the Barrie Blizzard, Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen. The first win came when the Blizzard downed the Durham Turf Dogs by a score of 19-11. Mike Vertolli led the Blizzard with three goals while Mike Teeter had two. Scott Defrancesco had four goals for Durham in the loss. Tyler Patterson and Spencer Janes each also had…
Wings Forward Jordan Hall Suspended One Game
Philadelphia Wings forward Jordan Hall will be suspended for the Wings opening game against the Buffalo Bandits next Friday night the league announced. The league suspended Hall for his role in an incident against the Toronto Rock on a pre season game December 22nd in Ontario. The Wings acquired Hall, usually a transition man, from the Rochester Knighthawks in a block buster trade involving Dan Dawson and Paul Rabil in…
NLL Game Picks: Week One
The entire NLL staff is here to make predictions (except Patty Gregoire and Brendan Staudt who are on vacation). Check out our picks below for Rochester Knighthawks vs Washington Stealth. Leave your pick in the comments below. Marisa Ingemi: Jack Goods: David Ashby: Rocco Granato:
Training Camp Report: Rhode Island Kingfish
Reader Mike Vergano attended Rhode Island Kingfish Training Camp, and was kind enough to send us this report about it. As snow buried the northeast this weekend, the Rhode Island Kingfish held their official training camp in Warwick, RI. Thirty-four hopefuls braved the weather and traveled from as far as Canada to try and impress the coaching staff. Coaches Charlie Blanchard and Steve O’Donnell ran the prospects through two hours…
NLL Announces Three Suspensions
The NLL has announced three suspensions that stem from pre season action. All of the suspensions are for one game, however the Professional Lacrosse Players Association is appealing all three of them. Jovan Miller, recently cut by the Colorado Mammoth, was suspended for his elbow to the head of Minnesota Swarm transition man Jordan MacIntosh in their early pre season scrimmage that left MacIntosh with a concussion. Scott Johnson of…