After winning the MLL Championship in 2011, 2012 was not a piece of cake for the Boston Cannons. Boston got off to a red hot start before falling later on in the season. Eventually, they would make the playoffs as a three seed after clinching against Ohio. The Cannons had an interesting path to the playoffs, how did they get here? Let’s take a look. How They Got Here It…
Last night the Langley Thunder went up two games to one in their Western Lacrosse Association finals to the Coquitlam Adanacs with a 9-5 win. Both teams were tied at five going into the third, but the Thunder would score four and shut out the Adanacs in the final frame. The Adanacs got two goals and two assists from Kevin Olson on a night where their offense struggled. Lewis Ratcliff…
Last night The Lacrosse Radio Network hosted their MLL Championship Preview Show, where they spoke with Jake Steinfeld, Dave Gross, Joe Spallina and Brett Hughes. Steinfeld joined the show to talk about his new book, Take a Shot! just like he did on Lax Live last week. He touched on his book being optioned to be made into a TV series by Lionsgate, and he talked about 2012 MLL Championship…
It’s the same first round matchup for the Cannons and Bayhawks two years in a row. Two years ago, the Bayhawks blew out the first place Cannons. Last year, Max Quinzani scored a last second goal to pick up the win. This year, a new chapter will be written in the rivalry. The Bayhawks are the higher seed this time, finishing second in the league, while the Cannons needed the…
On Saturday afternoon, these two long time rivals will face off in a battle to determine who goes to the Major League Lacrosse Championship. The Long Island Lizards face the top seeded Denver Outlaws. Long Island barely snuck into the playoffs, getting in on a thread after Rochester fell. Denver dominated the entire season to get to where they are at. But what about the matchups? Who wins on each…
The National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame Ceremony for the Class of 2012 will be held on Tuesday, October 2 in Toronto at The Westin Harbour Castle. Steve Dietrich was voted into the Hall of Fame in July and will be the lone inductee this year. Dietrich, who retired in 2011 after 18 seasons as a goaltender in the league, is now General Manager of the Buffalo Bandits. The induction…
Last night the Coquitlam Adanacs got back into their series with the Langley Thunder, tying the Western Lacrosse Association Finals at one. In Coquitlam, the Adanacs were led by Dane Dobbie who scored three goals and had two assists. Jason Jones and Ross Halliday also had two goals a piece. Daryl Veltman had three assists. For the Thunder, who fell 9-8, Athan Iannucci led with four goals and Lewis Ratcliff…
Two weeks ago when the Boston Cannons defeated the Ohio Machine to get into the playoffs, they were missing one of their top players. Faceoff man Chris Eck was out with a knee injury. Luckily for them, John Ortolani stepped in and won twenty two of thirty six faceoffs and helped the Cannons win the game. Earlier today on the Major League Lacrosse coaches conference call, Cannons head coach Steve…
Each team has that one player they cannot survive without. The same goes in Major League Lacrosse for the four playoff teams and the four that sit on the outside looking in. Who are the most valuable players on each club? Let’s take a look. Denver Outlaws- Brendan Mundorf Mundorf has an outside chance of being the league MVP. He is second in the league in points at 59 and…