The 2015 NLL season is just days away and the Edmonton Rush appear to be tuned up and ready to go. The Rush played two scrimmages in the preseason and won them both decisively. They beat the Vancouver Stealth on Dec. 8 by a 13-6 score, then took out their cross-provincial rivals, the Calgary Roughnecks, by an 11-3 score last weekend. All signs are currently pointing to the Rush looking…
The Edmonton Rush announced their opening day roster on Friday then soundly defeated the Calgary Roughnecks by an 11-3 score, seeming to send a message that the 2015 edition of the Rush were ready for action. The biggest change to the roster will be the absence of forward Curtis Knight, who led the team in goals (35) and was second in total points (72) last year. Knight will be lost…
The NLL preseason is well underway and the Calgary Roughnecks now have two games under their belts, a win and a loss. Roughnecks goaltender Mike Poulin had a string debut, holding the Toronto Rock to just four goals in one half of play. He was a little more shaky the next night against the Minnesota Swarm, getting pulled after giving up five goals in five minutes to start the game….
The Edmonton Rush soundly defeated the Vancouver Stealth 13-6 in their first scrimmage of the preseason. The Rush were led by Mark Matthews, who scored a hat trick, while sophomore Robert Church added a pair of goals. But the player many people had their eyes on was the first overall pick in this year’s draft, Ben McIntosh. The rookie forward did not disappoint, adding two goals of his own in…
The Vancouver Stealth will host the Edmonton Rush Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in a pre-season scrimmage that will pit the best regular-season team in the NLL last year against the worst. The Rush compiled a 16-2 record in the 2014 season, including a record-setting 14-game winning streak to start the year, before getting stopped in their tracks by the Calgary Roughnecks in the West Division Finals. The…
Edmonton Rush forward Jarrett Davis is entering his fifth season in the NLL and coming off his best year ever in the league. In his second season with the Rush, Davis tied his career best with 16 goals and added a personal best 37 assists for a total of 53 points. He has now compiled 146 points over 61 games, split evenly between Edmonton and the Rochester Knighthawks. The Bellarmine…
The Edmonton Rush set an NLL record in 2014 by reeling of 14 consecutive wins en route to the best record in the league (16-2). Having earned the best record in team history, the stage was set for the Rush to get back to the Champion’s Cup for the second time in three years and win their first title. Unfortunately, it was not to be. The Calgary Roughnecks ousted the…
The Vancouver Stealth had three picks in the third round of the 2014 NLL Draft and with the 23rd overall selection took forward Dan Keane. Keane has just wrapped up playing attack for the Delaware Blue Hens in college field lacrosse. In his senior year he led the team in goals (27) and points (33) as the Blue Hens played to a 7-9 record. The 5’9″ righty also played two…
The Calgary Roughnecks signed free agent goaltender Ryan McBride to a one-year contract last week, adding more depth between the pipes to a squad that is gearing up for training camp. McBride is a local product. Raised in Calgary, he played Senior B during the 2014 season in the RMLL for the Rockyview Knights, a team that plays just north of Calgary, in Airdrie, AB. McBride dressed for 11 games…
The Calgary Roughnecks made sure their top scorer will be around for the long haul when they announced earlier this month that Dane Dobbie had been signed to a four-year contract. Dobbie led the NLL in goals in 2014 with 51, a career high and only the 14th time anyone in league history has scored 51 or more. His 90 points were also a career high and second best on the…