Our Phil Shore is in Philadelphia tonight where he will be live blogging the Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft. Before we get to that, we bring you our official mock draft of the first round. 1. OHIO MACHINE – PETER BAUM, A, COLGATE: Yeah, Ohio has a lot of attackers. But Baum is the best player in the draft and one way or another Ohio could use more offensive weapons….
Yesterday on the NLL coaches and media conference call, Minnesota Swarm head coach Joe Sullivan addressed the issue of his two goaltenders, Tyler Carlson and Evan Kirk. He told the media that they will be going with a two goalie system like last season and thus Kirk and Carlson will split duties in between the pipes. The sophomore goalies both saw success last season with the Swarm. Carlson had a…
The North American Lacrosse League season kicked off with two teams in action last week, and this week we will see all four. Boston has a win and Kentucky a loss, which means we can start looking at some power rankings for the league. 1. Boston Rockhoppers 1-0 Boston picked up a nice one goal win on the road this week without Malcolm Chase or Mike Stone in their lineup….
Hunter Francis is a veteran lacrosse person, having been a GM in MLL. He now will be running the Baltimore Bombers, and we got a chance to catch up with the coach and GM below as he previews the season and their opener against Boston. On Training Camp: We’ve had a very good training camp- not great, but very good. The logistical challenges of having camp during the holidays meant we…
Only one game of action in week one of the National Lacrosse League, but it was a tight game between Washington and Rochester as we present to you our three stars of the week. Cliff Smith- Washington Smith led all scorers with eight points in the win as he picked up a hat trick and had five assists. Smith already had his hat trick locked up by the middle of…
The Baltimore Bombers open their 2013 campaign this Saturday when they travel to Boston to face the Rockhoppers. I caught up with James Synowiez about how training camp has been going and his thoughts on the opener. On Training Camp: Training camp has been nothing less than exciting. Men of all ages putting their best effort forward, from recent college grads to NLL veterans it has been a great experience….
The Boston Rockhoppers began their season with a win over Kentucky, and with that win they sweep in this week’s three star awards. Andrew Kirkaldy- Boston Kirkaldy scored five goals in the victory to lead the Rockhoppers, scoring half of their goals. Kirkaldy, who was on the Boston roster last season also had an assist in the contest. Nick Schroeder- Boston Schroeder made 40 saves in the win for Boston….
The Boston Rockhoppers picked up their first win of the North American Lacrosse League season with a 10-9 victory over the Kentucky Stickhorses, repeating their performance when they defeated them to close out last season. Goaltender Nick Schroeder led the Rockhoppers with 40 saves in the win to counter the 37 saves from losing goaltender Spencer Lyons. Kentucky had 49 shots on goal to the Boston 47. Andrew Kirkaldy scored…
The Washington Stealth pulled an early season upset in front of 7,023 fans in Everett as they defeated the Rochester Knighthawks by a score of 13-12. Athan Iannucci tiptoed around the crease to score with 1:23 left in the contest to give the Stealth the lead and they did not look back as they start their season 1-0. The Knighthawks, who were without Casey Powell, fall to 0-1. Cliff Smith…
The Rochester Knighthawks are opening on the road against the Washington Stealth in a very interesting matchup. Rochester won the 2012 NLL Championship while Washington was the one team to not make the playoffs. Recently it was announced that Sid Smith will serve as the captain of the team with the retirement of Pat McCready. For Washington, they also have a new captain in Kyle Sorensen. Both teams have new…