Last night the Toronto Rock and New England Black Wolves closed out their preseasons with Toronto blowing past the ‘Wolves by a score of 18-10. Leading the way for Toronto was first year Rock player Brett Hickey with five goals and eight points overall. Josh Sanderson added eight points of his own. New England tied the game early at one thanks to a diving goal from rookie Quinn Powless, but…
Last week in the Toronto Rock’s preseason victory over the Rochester Knighthawks, an unlikely hero emerged. As the Rock topped Rochester in Montreal, Trevor Wagar scored twice in his first NLL contest. “It was an amazing experience and an experience that I have been wanting to have since I was a young kid growing up and watching the Toronto Rock play,” said Wagar. “I was drafted in 2008 by the…
The Boston Cannons traded for Ryan Young today of the Charlotte Hounds. In return, the Hounds will acquire a second round pick. In 11 games with Charlotte last season, Young produced 19 points. Young has 83 career points in his four seasons in Major League Lacrosse. The attackman out of Maryland could add some offense that the Cannons seemed to lack late in the 2014 season. A breakout player in…
Photo by Garrett James With NLL rosters smaller, like last season, and more and more talent without teams, a lot of lacrosse media has been discussing expansion. For the sake of argument, us at ILWT have developed three viable potential NLL rosters that could compete in 2015. We came together with three markets the league is exploring- Philadelphia, Winnipeg, and Montreal. To make the rosters make sense, we placed most…
The New England Black Wolves announced their roster today, listed below. Of note is Tye Belanger, whom they acquired this past week to be their back up goalie. Rookies Mark Cockerton and Quinn Powless also made the roster. Free agent signee William O’Brien made the team as well. The practice roster includes Boston Cannons player Brent Adams along with rookies Sheldon Burns, Matt Crough, and Josh Johnson.
Just one day after being cut by the Buffalo Bandits, the Rochester Knighthawks have signed Aaron Wilson. Wilson. who was having a very strong pre season in Buffalo with ten points, was one of the surprise cuts yesterday. The Bandits cut the righty shooter, but it is the Knighthawks’ gain. Their already loaded offense adds a righty to go along with Dan Dawson, Stephen Keogh, Craig Point, and Gavin Prout….
The Minnesota Swarm today announced that Logan Schuss would be placed on their hold out list. The 2014 rookie of the year cannot commit to playing for the Swarm due to his job in Vancouver. The star out of Ohio State is the second big name hold out this season with the #2 overall pick, Jeremy Noble, announcing he cannot play for the Rochester Knighthawks for the same reasons. “Logan…
The New England Black Wolves have traded for Colorado Mammoth goaltender Tye Belanger, giving up a fourth round pick for the 2015 draft. Belanger was the back up goaltender to Dillon Ward for the Mammoth last season. There was speculation that Belanger wouldn’t make the Mammoth roster with rookie Alexis Buque performing so well. He will have an opportunity to likely play back up to Evan Kirk now. Either Kevin…
Paul Tutka is a multi-time winning NLL writer of the year award winner, and one of the smartest experts in lacrosse. However, after leaving NLL Insider a few years ago (pre IL Indoor era) he hasn’t been writing anywhere. Yet, his Twitter analysis of the league has taken the lacrosse world by storm, and I was lucky to speak with him about a few matters in the league in this…
Today the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will take over the old stomping grounds of the ill-fated Montreal Express. For the second time, the NLL heads to Montreal for a pre season game where these two teams will play at Bell Centre. The Rock lost their pre season contest last week to the Calgary Roughnecks where they scored just five goals. Meanwhile, the Knighthawks also lost when the Minnesota Swarm…