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…
As a part of our NLL draft coverage, I spoke with Washington Stealth general manager Doug Locker yesterday about the draft and how the Stealth prepare. 1. Have you begun preparing for this year’s draft yet? Yes, we have been preparing for this year’s draft for several months. Preparation for us started in early April towards the end of the NCAA season and will continue right up to draft day….
Two days ago the Long Island Lizards claimed Justin Smith from the Charlotte Hounds practice squad. This season Smith has played in five games for Charlotte and has picked up five goals. He also had four assists to up his total to nine points on the season with the Hounds. Smith has played in Major League Lacrosse since 2005 with the Philadelphia Barrage. He has also played for Rochester, Washington,…
The Denver Outlaws victory over the Boston Cannons last night has huge impacts on the Major League Lacrosse playoff picture, and so will the Charlotte Hounds vs Rochester Rattlers game tonight. Here is a look at the playoff scenarios for the league. If the Hounds lose tonight and the Long Island Lizards win tomorrow, the Hounds will be eliminated from a potential playoff spot. If they end up tying with the Boston…
It was a game where Boston could move in either direction; into second, or possibly out of a playoff spot. But the Cannons could not keep up with the Denver Outlaws, and lost 17-13. Chris Bocklet opened up the scoring with a pass form Jeremy Sieverts. Brendan Mundorf would also score in that quarter, but goals from Matt Poskay and Ari Sussman kept it a tied game after one quarter….