Goaltender Pat Campbell has officially announced his retirement from the National Lacrosse League after 14 seasons and 4 NLL Championships. Â While Campbell played with several NLL teams throughout his career, he retires today as a member of the Toronto Rock. The 35-year old Campbell started his career with the Ontario Raiders in 1998 and moved along with the franchise to Toronto where he captured his first two NLL titles in…
As I write this its 4am Monday morning and I’m waiting for my flight back to Charlotte, a little early to say the least, but I have to work this morning and it’s not too strange of an occurrence for lacrosse players trying to maximize their chance to play at every opportunity. Especially indoor players, a high level box lacrosse game summertime in Charlotte doesn’t just find you. So myself…
There have been four transactions in Major League Lacrosse today thus far. The first move we saw this morning was the Denver Outlaws signing free agent face off man Nolan Godfrey. Godfrey was drafted in the MLL supplemental draft from the Ohio Machine before being released before the season. Meanwhile, the Charlotte Hounds made three moves today. First, they activated injured defenseman Brett Schmidt from the physically unable to perform…
Mark Matthews is one of the most highly touted NLL prospects in the 2012 draft. A native of Oshawa, Ontario, Matthews played his college balls with the Denver Pioneers, who emerged as one of the most competitive programs in the country. Â The 6’4 210 attackman will be looking to be a high NLL draft pick. Matthews was a second team All American in 2012 for the Pioneers, where he had…
The Israel men’s national lacrosse team earned a berth into the quarterfinals of the European Lacrosse Championships with a 14-13 win over No. 11 Wales at Amsterdam Bos on Sunday. Israel (4-0) will meet either host No. 8 Netherlands or No. 13 Czech Republic on Wednesday at 2:30 PM. Striker Richard Cheifitz was dominant for the blue and white with seven goals in the win. “[Cheifitz] was without a doubt our MVP tonight,” said Israel head coach…
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) announced today via the @NLLCBA Twitter account that they will opt out of the final two seasons of the current collective bargaining agreement. “NLL opts out of the final two seasons of the current CBA. NLL intends to operate for 2013 under wages and conditions of 2012 CBA terms.” The NLL states above in a tweet saying that they will operate 2013 under the current wages and…
This past weekend the Vermont Voyageurs hosted the USA Developmental team. It was a good opportunity for some of our players to showcase what they can do in different situations. I think the team did good overall and we ended the weekend one and one. I was the backup for the weekend, letting the chance to two of our goalies to show what they can do in a senior game….
The Boston Cannons have now lost three of their last four games, as last night they fell to the Chesapeake Bayhawks by a score of 14-13. The Cannons are now 5-3 while the Bayhawks move to 7-1 to lead MLL in the standings. Kip Turner, the former Cannons goalie and a former MLL goalie of the year, beat his former backup in Jordan Burke. The troubling thing about this game…
The Rochester Rattlers or at least a team masquerading ad the Rochester Rattlers destroyed the Hamilton Nationals last night 17-10. Lead by what can only be described as inspired play by Jordan Macintosh who had 5 goals and an assist. Macintosh always seemed to be open and found the back of the net each time. His goals also seemed to all come at opportune times mostly to keep thenRattlers up…
In Lacrosse We Trust is your home for the top news on prospects in the NLL and MLL. We will take a look at at least one NLL draft prospect each week until the 2012 NLL draft. Carter Bender is already a pro, playing with the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse. Playing his college ball with the Hartford Hawks, Bender is actually a native of Caledon, Ontario. Bender also…