The Durham TurfDogs made their first trade of the season last night as they send Mitch Dumont, Graham Bergsma, Tyler Tanguay and their third round pick to the Niagara Lock Monsters in exchange for the first and second round picks for the upcoming Toronto dispersal draft, along with a player to be named later and a conditional second round pick. Dumont played in Niagara this summer with the St. Catharines…
In surprise news out of the Major League Lacrosse supplemental draft, the Chesapeake Bayhawks drafted retired midfielder JJ Morrissey while the Outlaws selected oft-injured Ken Clausen. Clausen was originally an Outlaw and a member of the Colorado Mammoth NLL team, but knee injuries derailed his career and he has not played in the past three seasons. Morrissey, meanwhile, had played with the Boston Cannons and announced his retirement before 2013…
1:11pm- The Edmonton Rush matched the offer sheet and will retain the rights to Ryan Dilks, according to the league. The Buffalo Bandits have made the second RFA offer of the off season today, signing former Toronto Rock and Edmonton Rush defenseman Ryan Dilks. The Rush have 72 hours to match the offer and retain the rights to Dilks, the deadline being 8:30pm on Thanksgiving night. Dilks is one of…
After being offered the job as Peterborough Lakers head coach last week, Joe Sullivan says he will accept it.
The Ohio Machine announced today the return of assistant coaches Bill Wolford for his third season with the Machine and Tom Mariano for his second season with the Machine. The Machine also announced the hiring of Dom Marzano who will join Wolford and Mariano as an assistant coach for the 2014 season. “I am thrilled to have an impressive quality staff in place for next season,” said Head Coach Bear…
(November 4, 2013)… The Rochester Knighthawks have signed their first two picks from the 2013 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. Rookie transition players Mark White and Taylor Northway both agreed to one-year deals with the two-time defending NLL Champions.(Photo – left to right: Knighthawks Dan Dawson, Mark White and Head Coach Mike Hasen) White was Rochester’s first selection in the draft. He was taken with the 27th overall pick in the…
The Buffalo Bandits signed free agent scorer Aaron Wilson to a three year deal on Wednesday.
Every week the Cross Checks feature will take notes on news in the NCAA. Here is this Saturday’s edition.
Rochester Greywolves and former Rhode Island Kingfish forward AJ Laffin agreed to do a blog for us about his experienceexperieince at the NLL combine.
I came into the combine with the intention not to try to do too much, but leave a solid impression that would further benefit my chances at being drafted. I knew a few of the names who were also participating, so I felt comfortable going into the fitness testing. I showed up early and while sitting around the nerves started to really get to me. It took me a couple…