The Continental Indoor Lacrosse League season is set to kick off on Saturday night when the Chicago Outlaws host the Grand Rapids Dragonfish. We will have previews before after game, but here we preview the team itself. Offense If you don’t follow the CILL and the Chicago Outlaws sound familiar to you, you probably have heard of Zack Dorn. Dorn broke the MLL hardest shot record as a “fan” at…
NLL Free Agency opens tomorrow, and today teams are giving qualifying offers to some of their players. Here, we keep track of all offers from each club. Colorado Bob Snider, Drew Westervelt- avoid restricted free agency. Restricted Free Agents: Joel Dalgarno, Joey Cupido, Dan Ball, Chet Koneczny, Mike McNamara Unrestricted Free Agents: Casey Powell, Sean Pollock, Athan Iannucci, John Gallant, Ian Hawksbee, Nick Carlson Calgary Peter McFetridge, Dane Dobbie, Daryl…
The Minnesota Swarm have become notorious for collecting draft picks and using a young team. Sometimes it has made them look like an up and coming exciting team, and in other cases, like 2014, it can make them a bad lacrosse club. The Swarm traded their number one pick this year but they gained the third overall. It leads to the question, how has their draft pick philosophy worked? 2010…
The FIL tournament has come to a close with Canada as the new champions. However, while the top three teams medaled as expected, other teams have improved and we have seen the rise of some international players. Final Placement 1. Canada2.USA3. Iroquois Nationals4. Australia 5 England 6 Scotland 7 Israel8 Japan 9 Germany 10 Ireland 11 Sweden 12 New Zealand 13 Finland 14 Czech Republic 15 Switzerland 16 Netherlands 17 Wales 18 Italy 19 Latvia 20…
The New York Lizards kept control of the third seed in Major League Lacrosse on Saturday with a 16-15 win over the Boston Cannons on the road. The Cannons drop to 5-6, the same record as the Ohio Machine, and they both are now tied for fourth place while Boston owns the tiebreaker. Both teams were without star players at the world championships. Boston was especially impacted, missing the second…
Disclaimer: Everything here is speculative. Other than a few notes, which I will point out, most of this is based on research and ideas more than it is what sources have told us. The Philadelphia Wings are moving. To where? We don’t know yet, but there are so many rumors it’s hard to keep track of. There are some reads though, and it’s hard to imagine the league doesn’t announce…
Last night the Rochester Rattlers improved to 8-3 on the season with a 10-7 win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks. The Bayhawks remain in the league’s cellar at 3-8. The first game back from the break saw both teams without several key players. The Bayhawks had defenseman Brian Spallina return from a jaw injury but remained without stars such as Brendan Mundorf and Michael Evans. Rochester gained a boost with rookie…
Last week the Chesapeake Bayhawks made a splash by acquiring Kevin Crowley. Going to Florida in return were midfielders Steven Brooks, Jon Hayes and David Earl. We caught up with Hayes about him now being a member of the Launch. Q: How do you feel about the trade? A. I am excited about the trade. The Bayhawks got an excellent player in Crowley who will help the in the future….
Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo In a stunner earlier this morning, Israel defeated Germany to advanced to the championship round where they will play the fourth seed in the Blue Division. There are several more games today kicking off at 1pm as teams figure out their fate in the brackets. Games to Watch New Zealand vs Scotland- 1pm Switzerland vs Wales- 1pm Belguim vs Uganda- 3pm Finland vs Netherlands- 4pm Czech…
Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo The playoffs of the FIL tournament have begun with eight teams taking home division wins while the Blue Division is still active in pool play. Yellow Division Ireland took home the Yellow Division with a win over Bermuda. Brian Gillis scored six goals for the Irish. Meanwhile, France defeated Uganda to take third place in the division. Uganda is paired up today with Korea and Ireland…