We’ve shown you a lot of the prospects drafted to the Toronto Rock, and we continue today with Kyle Periera. What was draft day like for you? Draft day was pretty nerve racking for me, as im sure it was for all of the other prospects. Unfortunately being in school in Halifax I wasnt able to be there in Toronto, so I just went about my day as usual and…
One thing that has been fact in the NLL for years has been it takes goaltenders a long team to become elite. Anthony Cosmo, Matt Vinc and others spent years as back ups before they emerged as top goalies. Last season we saw the amazing specter of Evan Kirk and Tyler Carlson in Minnesota. Nick Rose became a starter with the Toronto Rock, and Tyler Richards continues his great career in Washington. So…
When you think of developmental leagues for the National Lacrosse League, the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association is not the first league you think of. You would probably think of NALL or CLax or a league like that. At least two MILA players will be on the roster of the Colorado Mammoth this coming NLL season. Alex Demopolous and Cam Holding. Holding signed with the Mammoth before last season, becoming the…
Only two teams will be facing off for the MILA Championship, and Southern Ohio Box Lacrosse was not one of them in season one. The expansion team, however, is happy with their first season on the turf. “The season has been a challenge, as I anticipated.” said Sean Murphy, the team owner.  “Getting players to commit to the travel involved is always challenging. With box lacrosse still being the lesser-known…
“I was just hoping that the Minnesota Swarm would take me as one of there draft picks.” says Kiel Matisz, one of the newest members of the Minnesota Swarm. Matisz was selected as the third overall pick, the second pick from Minnesota, on Monday night at the NLL draft in Toronto. “They are such a great organization from the players, to the coaches and to the front office.” Matisz continued….
Jaeden Gastaldo was drafted by the Colorado Mammoth on Monday night. I had the chance to speak with him, and this is what he had to say. What was draft day like for you? 1) I have Monday’s off of school and work. I didn’t do anything really differently then I would normally. Tried to keep up with school work and went to the gym. Then I watched the draft…
Only one goalie was taken in the entire 2012 NLL draft, and that was former London Blue Devils goaltender Tyler Glebe. I caught up with him this week and got his thoughts on being a pro goalie. 1. Only 56 players are drafted to the NLL, what does it feel like being one of them? Being drafted into the NLL this year is truly a dream come true. It is…
According to sources in the league, the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association will have a championship game after all. The undefeated Colorado Sabertooths will face the undefeated Grand Rapids Dragonfish on November 3rd. Playoffs had been scheduled for Milwaukee on October 6th with Colorado, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and Chicago playing, but later it was found that Colorado would not be playing in it. Details emerged yesterday that Colorado had requested the…
Yesterday, I got the chance to speak with Washington Stealth draftee Mitchell Jones about his experience in the NLL draft. You saw some of them earlier today in our draft story, but here is everything Mitch had to say. What was draft day like for you? A. Pretty normal, I had a busy day at school and training and then after that just relaxed and waited to watch the draft…
CLax made through one year. Despite all the adversity they endured, the league made it past year one, more than a lot of leagues can say about themselves. Yesterday, the league announced three new franchises; Toronto, Barrie and St. Catharines. However, now the league owns five of those teams, and league commissioner Paul St. John isn’t pulling any punches about how he feels about that. “Real excited, spreading the teams…