The final game of the Ales Hrebsky tournament will take place this afternoon at 2pm as the Green Gaels face the Ladner Pioneers for the championship. The Pioneers defeated the Boston Megamen in the semi finals to advance. It could be considered an upset, for the Megamen were one of the favorites in the tournament. Their 5-1 win led them to the finals. The Green gaels defeated the Radotin Custodes…
The Chesapeake Bayhawks and Denver Outlaws made a minor trade on Thursday, swapping away rookies. The Outlaws acquired soon-to-be Denver Pioneers grad Erik Adamson while the Bayhawks get Loyola Greyhound Nikko Pontrello. Adamson was the Bayhawks first draft pick this past January when they used the 14th overall pick to draft the Californian. Before his senior season, Adamson had 102 points on 76 goals and 26 assists during his three seasons…
The Chesapeake Bayhawks (1-0) take on the Florida Launch (0-1) this week from Boca Raton, Florida, and the Lacrosse Radio Network will have the exclusive radio broadcast live at 1pm on April 26th. InLacrosseWeTrust.com Florida Launch beat writer Joe Askerberg will be on the call and provide pre game coverage from FAU Stadium. The game will be the of seven home games from Florida that will be broadcasted this season….
The Minnesota Swarm might not be playoff bound, but they will be happy to see Kiel Matisz return this week. Dean Hill was released to make room for the third year player. Vancouver has a shot at the playoffs and they will have two returnees this week. Rory Smith will be back from serving his league mandated two game suspension while goaltender Tyler Richards was activated. Eric Penney has started…
The lacrosse goalie world rejoiced when Vancouver Stealth ‘tender Tyler Richards scored earlier this NLL season. Now it’s field lacrosse’s turn. On Sunday against the Chesapeake Bayhawks, Florida Launch goalie Brett Queener took things into his own hands and scored a goal. Check out the video below.
The third group at the Ales Hrebsky tournament bring together a European flavor with teams from England, Germany, and the Czech Republic. We’ve already seen Czech and German teams but this is our first look at England. London Knights Historically England has been a decent lacrosse country, yet the Knights haven’t exploded to become a top team. They finished in just 12th place last season. They will only have a…
Group B is one of the more foreign groups in the tournament. Their teams derive from Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany. All of these teams are rather young an inexperienced, but they have some talent that the tournament hasn’t seen before. Vienna Monarchs The Monarchs were a surprise club at last year’s tournament when they finished in third out of the last 16 teams and they were rewarded this…
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Brett Hickey was a name not many lacrosse fans knew before 2015. If anything, some fans knew he had been on Vancouver and never panned out. Now, fans who follow the NLL know exactly who Brett Hickey is and what an impact he has made. Hickey is on the Toronto Rock, who are in first place in the east, and have become a scoring juggernaut. That’s a great story in…
The Boston Cannons opened their 2015 campaign with a win over the Denver Outlaws 15-13. The scoring started out on the Cannons side with the first goal of the season from Rob Emery, the sophomore player out of Virginia. Chris Bocklet tied things up on the Outlaws side just one minute later. By the half it was 8-5 Cannons with much of the offense coming from Boston. Denver’s offense seemed…