The Calgary Roughnecks have now completed two weeks of training camp and the first of three scrimmages. With one more weekend to go, including two more scrimmages, time is running out for the team to tighten up the roster. Head coach Curt Malawsky has been happy with what he’s seen so far. “The athleticism really showed through and we were hoping for that from the coaches’ perspective.” Talking about their…
The Calgary Roughnecks faced off against the Vancouver Stealth at the Langley Events Centre Saturday night, with Calgary edging Vancouver by a score of 9-8. Vancouver employed a split-squad strategy for the scrimmage, with completely different units being used in the first and second halves. Calgary got out to a 2-1 lead in the first quarter on the strength of a pair of goals by lefty Dane Dobbie. Kyle Sorensen…
The Calgary Roughnecks are spending their second weekend of training camp in the Vancouver area as they continue to prepare for the upcoming 2014 season. In addition to their workout schedule, they’ll be playing a scrimmage against the re-tooled Vancouver Stealth squad on Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre. Both teams are still busy locking down their outstanding free agents—Calgary re-signed defenseman Mike Carnegie to a two-year deal just…
The Calgary Roughnecks opened their training camp on Friday, with team meetings and medicals taking place in the morning and on-field sessions Friday afternoon, Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon. Camp will continue next weekend with sessions in Langley, BC and then a third weekend of camps will be held in Oakville, ON Dec. 13-15. Along the way, the Roughnecks will play three scrimmages against the Vancouver Stealth (Dec. 6), the…
We spoke with the Calgary Roughnecks head coach Curt Malwasky about the first days of training camp.
The Colorado Mammoth squeaked into the 2013 playoff picture on the last day of the regular season before being dispatched in the first round by the Calgary Roughnecks. Their slow start to last year’s campaign and finish near the bottom of the standings may have some teams going into the 2014 season without worrying about the Mammoth. But that would be a mistake. The Mammoth won five of their last…
The Edmonton Rush are getting ready to begin their training camp in anticipation of the 2014 NLL season. The team will be challenged to replace the Corey Small on offense. Small suffered a knee injury in the summer leagues and won’t be available, leaving the Rush without their top point-getter from last year. On transition, the retirement of team captain Jimmy Quinlan also leaves an empty roster spot, meaning there…
With training camp fast approaching, it’s time to see what the Calgary Roughnecks were up to over the off season. In September transition Nolan Heavenor called it quits after eight years in the NLL, seven with Calgary. His decision to retire leaves an opening in the transition game for the Roughnecks. The team made a couple of moves on the day of the annual draft. Jackson Decker was traded to…
With the announcement of six signings on Friday, the Calgary Roughnecks have finally made a big push to lock down their outstanding free agents. In their first announcement in almost two weeks, the Riggers revealed that they have signed forward Matthew Dinsdale and defenseman Greg Harnett to three-year contracts, while one-year contracts have been made with forward Darrren Kinnear, transitions Travis Cornwall and Curtis Manning, and defenseman Barclay Hickey. That…
The Edmonton Rush selected Mike Burke in the third round of the 2012 NLL draft, 28th overall, as a talented forward from Hofstra University and the Brampton Exclesiors of the OLA. Burke played in just two games in his rookie season, scoring once. That made his first NLL season considerably less auspicious than that of fellow Rush rookies Mark Matthews (38 G, 31 A, Rookie of the Year Award) and…