The Ales Hrebsky memorial tournament in the Czech Republic takes place this year on April 23. To get you ready, we are previewing each group. Group A Group A has foreign feel with three fascinating teams; the Turku Titans of Finland, Goldstar Tel Aviv from Israel, and Bundeswer Lacrosse from Germany. Turku Titans The Finnish team is entering their seventh year of the tournament. They were in the top eight…
The fourth Creators Cup championship game will take place today in Barrie as the home team Blizzard host the Ohsweken Demons for a chance to take the Canadian Lacrosse League championship. Barrie defeated a scrappy Southwest Cyclops to advance while the Demons defeated the Durham TurfDogs. Now the top two teams will face off for the league title. The Blizzard defeated the Demons twice in their season series with 9-7…
We’ve heard rumors of the Edmonton Rush moving to Saskatoon for years now. We might have more to that after last week the Edmonton Sun reported that owner Bruce Urban was in attendance at a Saskatoon Blades game recently checking out the arena. The same report in the Edmonton Sun also reported that the Rush were almost bought by the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers two years ago. The offer was apparently…
This week we caught up with the newest Toronto Rock forward, Kevin Crowley, before they take on the Rochester Knighthawks Q: Thoughts on joining the Rock? A: I couldn’t be more excited to join this franchise. They’ve got a great team, great coaches and great leadership. I look forward to competing for the Champion’s Cup with them. Q: How would you describe your brief time in New England? A: New…
Tonight the New England Black Wolves will face division rivals Minnesota Swarm. It will also be the New England debut of Andrew Suitor, the former Swarm captain. Q: How does it feel to be a Black Wolf? A: I am very excited to be a Black Wolf and get going with a bunch of new teammates! Q: What will it feel like playing Minnesota this week? A: It will be…
We went one on one with Matthew Dinsdale, recently traded to the Edmonton Rush. Q: How does it feel to join the Rush? A: I’m very excited. It will be nice to join a few guys I played with in Junior on the Adanacs. I have heard nothing but great things about Coach Keenan and his coaching staff. Edmonton is a young, big, athletic team who sits atop the western…
Every team in the NLL made a trade deadline deal in 2015, which makes it easy to grade them. New England Black Wolves: A New England appears to be a drastically better team on paper after making two moves for big name players. They add defenseman Andrew Suitor to an already physical roster and arguably the best scorer in the NLL with Garrett Billings. They lose Kevin Crowley, but Billings…
Today is the NLL trade deadline, ending at 3pm. We will be updating this post, along with posts about each trade, to keep you caught up. TRADES * Andrew Suitor traded from the Minnesota Swarm to the New England Black Wolves in exchange for Joel White and a 2017 second rounder. General manager Andy Arlotta has said changes need to be made, but the Swarm lose a fan favorite. * The…
According to Cleveland.com, the Cleveland State Vikings will officially join the ranks of NCAA Division One lacrosse in 2017. It had been widely speculated that the Vikings would become the next D1 team, and they will become the 70th member team. To make room for the lacrosse team, Cleveland State will end funding of its wrestling program. Reports of the university adding lacrosse began this fall and it seemed like…
The one big thing that will help the New York Lizards going into training camp and the start of the season is basically their whole team will be there. Other teams are dealing with the fact that half their team or big stars are playing in the NLL; the Lizards only have newly acquired Cody Jamieson playing. Of course college draft picks will not be in camp but that will…