John Grant Jr has had a busy last few weeks. He won the Major League Lacrosse Championship with the Chesapeake Bayhawks about three weeks ago, helped Canada win the Duel in Denver on Saturday, and now he is playing for the Peterborough Lakers in the Mann Cup. The Lakers are down two games to none against the Langley Thunder with game three tonight. The Thunder won in overtime last night,…
After analysis, research and talking with players, agents, coaches and general managers, we have a second National Lacrosse League mock draft for more information. 1. Edmonton- Mark Matthews We talked to Matthews this week, and we know he is ready to play professional indoor lacrosse. He said he thinks MLL and NLL will be very different, although they are both pro leagues. We’ve seen what he can do in the…
According to multiple sources, Graham D’Alvia is now the commissioner of the Professional Lacrosse League. (Has there ever been more news about a league to never play a game, by the way?) However, the New Jersey Rascals will not continue. The league had an 11am meeting today where they voted D’Alvia as the leader of the league. Later, they announced that instead of the Reading Rockets vs New Jersey game,…
Rochester Knighthawks transition man Travis Hill will be back to help the team defend their 2012 National Lacrosse League Championship after agreeing to a new one-year deal. “It feels great to be back to defend the Cup,†said Hill, who won his first Champion’s Cup in May. Hill finished the 2012 season with a career-high four goals, and collected 25 loose balls in nine games. The Six Nations product was…
The Calgary Roughnecks general manager Mike Board announced today that the National Lacrosse League club has re-signed right-handed forward Scott Ranger to a one-year contract. Defencemen Matt Leveque and Brad Richardson have also signed one-year agreements. Ranger recently completed his eighth season in the National Lacrosse League. He recorded 24 goals and 37 assists for 61 points and collected 30 loose balls over 16 games with Calgary during the 2012…
It’s the second week of the InLax Lacrosse League with even more action than ever in the ultimate fantasy lacrosse team. What games are slated for week two? Let’s take a glance. Minnesota Marauders (1-0) @ Pittsburgh Cavaliers (0-1) Last week, Minnesota found a huge, one goal win over division rival Detroit Redhawks. Meanwhile, the Cavs fell to Washington in an inter league game. In the same division, this is…
I’ve had a lot to say about the PLL and all the other lacrosse leagues. Here is my biggest gripe with professional lacrosse at ANY level. NALL was a great idea at first. Develop American players. In Canada they have their Juniors and Senior leagues and the NLL, the real pro indoor league, is full of Canadians. Not many Americans because there is no where for Americans to learn the…
Name: Joe Resetarits Position: Forward Team(s): Brampton Excelsiors, St. Catharines Athletics, Hamilton Nationals Stats: 28 points (Sr A) Joe Restarits has seen experience at multiple levels of lacrosse. He has professional field lacrosse experience with the Hamilton Nationals. He won a Mann Cup in 2011 with the Brampton Excelsiors. And he dominated Jr A with the Athletics. Is Resetarits a projected first round pick? Some have him there, and some don’t.  “I’ve been watching the NLL…
he Washington Stealth announced today the signings of defenseman Chris McElroy and forward Cliff Smith for the 2013 season. Both McElroy and Smith will be entering their third seasons with the Stealth. McElroy, 30, will be entering his ninth season in the National Lacrosse League. He joined the Stealth prior to the 2011 season after spending five seasons with the Edmonton Rush, a team he captained for two seasons. In…
After retiring earlier this summer, former Rock goaltender Pat Campbell has been named goaltending coach for the lacrosse club.  Campbell’s 14-year NLL career saw stops in Columbus, Rochester, Edmonton and Calgary along with beginning and ending his journey with the Toronto Rock franchise. The Rock had a vacancy on the coaching staff after Steve Dietrich left the team to become the General Manager of the Buffalo Bandits.  Dietrich, much like…