The Paul Rabil saga appears over with the transition man being traded to the Rochester Knighthawks this afternoon. After starting his National Lacrosse League career with the Washington Stealth, he was shipped to the Edmonton Rush last season. He was traded for a holdout player in Athan Iannucci. But the situation would not get any better for Edmonton, as Rabil would hold out in hopes of being traded to the…
The North American Lacrosse League has announced an expansion team in Kingston, Rhode Island today. They will be the fourth member of the league for the 2013 season. The Rhode Island Kingfish will join the Kentucky Stickhorses, Boston Rockhoppers and Lehigh Valley Flying Dutchmen.  Via the NALL website: “This announcement is meaningful in many ways, primarily in that the League continues to move forward in its expansion,” says Mr. Caruso. “We…
Two days ago, Andrew Kirkaldy was traded from the Jacksonville Bullies to the New Jersey Rascals for Brett Moyer. I spoke with Kirkaldy last night about the deal, and here is what he had to say. When did you hear of the trade? I heard about the trade from Paul Stewart. We had conversations the night before on how we could make this trade legal, which would help the league…
Brendan Gorman is the owner of the Chicago Outlaws in the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association. He has played lacrosse for team Ireland, and now he is attempting to make an NLL squad at 38 years old. “When I first started playing men’s club ball or coaching youth and high school lacrosse, I would always get the question you know the infamous question that would always follow a 90+ mph shot…
One of the organizations in the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association is the Grand Rapids Dragonfish, today we take a look at them and their organization after talking to their owner Russell King. 1. What is the organizational goal? We want to go about treating this team in the most professional manner. We run tryouts then 4 weeks of practices then get into the season. Our goals are to spread, teach…
Tonight the Hamilton Nationals were eliminated from Major League Lacrosse playoff contention with their loss to the Long Island Lizards, 19-12. The Nationals needed a win to to stay alive. David Earl scored four goals to lead the efforts for the Nats, but the lost the battle in faceoffs, shots off faceoffs, ground balls, and on the score board. They did have two more shots on goal than the Lizards….
With only a few games left before the playoffs, the Victoria Shamrocks will take on the Langley Thunder tonight in Western Lacrosse Association action. Both the Thunder and Shamrocks are coming off of losses; the Thunder fell to the New Westminster Salmonbellies and the Shamrocks to the Maple Ridge Burrards. Victoria has the top power play in the league with two of the top three scorers in Corey Small and…
Today the Peterborough Lakers and Ajax Rock of Major Series Lacrosse announced their playoff series, set to begin on Friday, July 27th. Game 1- July 27th 8pm @ Peterborough Game 2- July 29th 7pm @ Ajax Game 3- July 31 8pm @ Peterborough Game 4- August 2 8pm @ Ajax Game 5- August 4 8pm @ Peterborough MSL playoffs are available through webcasting and can be seen on MajorSeriesLacrosse.co. Tomorrow…
The Boston Cannons started out the 2012 MLL season looking like the Championship team they were in 2011. They started 4-0, defeated the undefeated Denver Outlaws, and were scoring more than anyone in the league. The Cannons are still second in the league in scoring and have allowed the third least amount of goals. But the stats do not lie about the way they have lost their last few games….
Playoff implications are running wild in this game, as with a win for the Long Island Lizards they knock out the Charlotte Hounds, and also the Hamilton Nationals. Hamilton needs this game if they want to stay alive in the playoff race with their 3-7 record. The Nationals split last weekend with the Ohio Machine, where Garrett Billings got the honor of being named the league’s offensive player of the…