The New Westminster Salmonbellies had a rough year in the Western Lacrosse Association in 2012, not making the playoffs after having been in the finals the season before. This led to some coaching staff changes. “Ken Thomas advised me he was stepping down a couple weeks ago, so with that news and some feedback that I had rec’d from our players on what they wanted for 2013, it was decided by…
Three lacrosse leagues are in full swing currently; the National Lacrosse League, Canadian Lacrosse League and the North American Lacrosse League. The year is still young, but we are going to take a look at the MVP candidates thus far. Let us know who you’d vote for in the comments! National Lacrosse League- Last Year’s MVP: John Grant Jr Shawn Evans, Calgary Roughnecks Evans has had a fantastic season for…
Week five of the NLL season has come to the close, and we have selected the three best players of the week from around the league, which you can see below. John Grant Jr, Colorado Mammoth Grant is having another stellar season. This week for the Mammoth in their win over the Minnesota Swarm he had 11 points. Five goals and six assists. That’s not two games for Junior this…
This week saw three games with all four teams in action. Kentucky, Boston and Baltimore all picked up wins, and they all have stars as well. Matt Hickman, Baltimore Bombers Hickman had an amazing game one against Kentucky with six goals to led the team, and also helped them win 17-13 on Friday night. Then he came back on Sunday with four goals and an assist to lead the entire…
As the Kentucky Stickhorses hit their midway point, they sit at 2-3 on the season after splitting the weekend with the Baltimore Bombers. I spoke with transition man Eric O’Brien about the season so far, and playing with the Stickhorses organization. “The season has been great from a professional and organizational standpoint.” says O’Brien. “The W-L column has been the tough part. We ended this past weekend with a solid…
The Western Lacrosse Association held their draft last night and we saw many familiar faces get drafted. The Salmonbellies selected Ohio State star Logan Schuss in the first round and we saw Mike Mallory of the Philadelphia Wings go to the Burrards. Cody Hawkins of the Rochester Knighthawks went to the Adanacs while Maple Ridge also got transition man Jaeden Gastaldo of the Colorado Mammoth. For full results, see below….
Three games of action this week in the North American Lacrosse League that saw wins from Boston, Baltimore and Kentucky. However, there is not much movement in the standings. Baltimore had taken over first place briefly on Friday night, but the next night Boston would win to reclaim a tie. Baltimore lost the next afternoon. 1. Boston Rockhoppers 4-1 Boston was impressive once again, putting up 20 more goals on…
The North American Lacrosse League has hit its midway point of the season with Baltimore, Boston and Kentucky each playing five games. After intensive research (and help from Scott Pestridge, Tim Thomas and Sean Murphy) we were able to come up with some season stats for you. Due to having so many less games and not being a playoff qualifying team, we do not have any Rhode Island Kingfish stats….
The Kentucky Stickhorses split the weekend with the Baltimore Bombers with an 11-10 overtime win yesterday afternoon. Kentucky had fallen to the Bombers on Friday night 17-14. Kentucky was led by three point performances from Travis Bland, Jesse Guerin and Brandon Dube. Chazz Woodson also scored his first goal as a Stickhorse, and Spencer Lyons made 41 saves in net. Dewey Porter scored the biggest goal on the night with…
The Boston Rockhoppers remain in first place in the North American Lacrosse League. Now at 4-1, the Rockhoppers are ahead of the 3-2 Baltimore Bombers. Last night’s win was over the 0-3 Rhode Island Kingfish in decisive fashion, 20-7. It is the second game in a row where the ‘Hoppers scored 20 goals after they defeated Baltimore last weekend. Leading the way for the Rockhoppers in this game was Vince…