Miles Thompson—Albany/Rochester/Minnesota How does one have the best year in lacrosse? Win a Tewaaraton, get drafted in the first round of the NLL, and make it to a championship game in the MLL. All of the Thompsons owned lacrosse this year, but Miles had the opportunity to play at three levels and be an impact player in two. It remains to be seen what he can do in the NLL,…
After winning an MVP and being one of the top three players in the Canadian Lacrosse League for three years, it was time for Chris Attwood to move up a level. The only option would be the National Lacrosse League. Midway through camp, the Rochester Knighthawks signed their former draft pick in Attwood to their training camp roster. He made the team going into their season. “To make the Rochester…
Canada Tops USA With John Grant Jr unable to play for Canada in the FIL, the team rallied around that and were able to breakout. USA stopped Canada in the first game of the tournament and didn’t look back, going 5-0 in pool play and dominating the playoffs. However, Canada proved to be too much. Thanks to Dillon Ward, USA could only score five times as Canada defeated them 8-5….
It’s not often that college teammates meet in the NLL, with so many of the players coming from junior ranks. It’s even rarer that it is two goaltenders, when most only play the box style. Yet, this happened when the Colorado Mammoth met the Minnesota Swarm in the pre season. On December 14th, former Davenport University goaltenders Zach Higgins and Alexis Buque faced off between the pipes. They split time…
Todd Kozak was the top overall pick in the Canadian Lacrosse League supplemental draft to the Niagara Lock Monsters later in this week. The Burlington Chiefs product attended Rochester Knighthawks camp. The second pick of the two-round draft went to the Southwest Cyclops who drafted Dylan Webster. Webster was a draft pick of the Toronto Rock and attended their camp. He is also a member of the Brampton Excelsiors. Going third…
The New England Black Wolves pre season could have gone better. The first year team didn’t win a game, despite a close contest with Buffalo that ended with their 10-9 loss. As a new team, they are expected to have their struggles, and the young squad is certainly open to improvements. New England has 12 new players from last season when they moved from Philadelphia. They are also one of…
The New England Black Wolves have a solid starting goalie in Evan Kirk. Going into their first season, however, there have been questions about who will be backing up. After Kevin Croswell was released, it was announced the team had traded for Colorado Mammoth backup Tye Belanger, and that was their answer. “Excited on this new chapter in my lacrosse career.” says Belanger. “It;s thrilling to know I’ll be a…
Zach Higgins is expected to assume the starting role for the Minnesota Swarm this season in net. he played often last season, splitting duty with Tyler Carlson, but now the undrafted netminder is looking to be the starter in just his season season. Marisa: What are your thoughts on the upcoming season? Zach: Zach: I’m looking forward to the upcoming season. I think with how we have prepared at camp, along with…
Brandon Benn had a strong pre season with the Toronto Rock, earning a spot on the team. The rookie’s performance will give him a shot at playing regularly with the injuries the team has suffered going into the season. We caught up with him to discuss the year ahead. Marisa: How do you feel you have played this pre season? Brandon: I feel like I played well this preseason. It was…
Ever since the Canadian Lacrosse League was created, it was meant to be a feeder system for the NLL. Though it has had its share of criticism, and teams have folded, the league has done its job and succeeded. Zach Higgins, who played with the Durham TurfDogs, has become a starting goalie in the NLL. Pat Saunders (Brampton Inferno of years past) has become a regular. Damon Edwards is a starting…