Unlike in other sports (except maybe baseball where it means home field advantage), the Major League Lacrosse all star game has meaning to it. Especially this year when Team MLL will be taking on Team USA, and it is USA’s last scrimmage before they get ready for the FIL in Denver. Match Ups Team MLL Attack Eric Law Logan Schuss Matt Danowski Drew Westervelt Team USA Attack Rob Pannell Brendan…
Major League Lacrosse has announced two events for its halftime show this year. The hardest shot contest returns along with the accuracy contest, though it was a bit altered. The fastest shot has a new twist to it this year as a fan who shoots the fastest at the MLL Fan Zone before the game will get to be a part of the event. MLL players in the event include…
The Continental Indoor Lacrosse League announced their teams for 2014 yesterday, and now their schedule is out. The season gets underway with Grand Rapids facing their rival Chicago Outlaws, and the next week each team is in action, all in Grand Rapids. The defending champion Colorado Sabertooths play four games on the road. Saturday, August 2 Grand Rapids at Chicago, 6:00 PM Saturday, August 9 (at Grand Rapids, MI) Lansing at…
Will Manny was the hero on Saturday night as he led the Boston Cannons to a 17-16 overtime victory over the Ohio Machine. He scored five goals in the game, and after the contest we asked him what has worked so well in 2014.
Until June 10, fans were able to vote for candidates to go into the NLL hall of fame. Fans can’t vote anymore, but it’s still interesting to see who might get in. For the past three seasons, only three players have been elected and they were all goaltenders; Bob Watson, Steve Dietrich and Pat O’Toole. The rules for selection are below; -Player must be retired from playing professional indoor lacrosse…
After the loss to the Boston Cannons, we caught up with Ohio Machine scorer Logan Schuss to discuss the loss to Boston, the strong offense for Ohio and the upcoming all star game.
The New York Lizards and Chesapeake Bayhawks have made a trade, sending offensive midfielder Michael Kimmel to New York and midfielder David Earl to the Bayhawks. Kimmel was the second overall pick of the Bayhawks in 2010 and has been starting for them since. He had four two-point goals with the Bayhawks last season. Earl, meanwhile, played 12 games with the Lizards last year and seven in 2014. He had 19 points last…
After the Boston Cannons win last night we caught up with several of their players. *Note: because of a technical difficulty with the editing software, the Kevin Buchanan interview changes format in the middle. Jordan Burke Kevin Buchanan Paul Rabil
Both Kahnawake teams in the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League were in action this weekend with far different results. The Mohawks topped the Vermont Voyageurs 15-13. Vermont held a 6-3 lead after one period but it was then when the Mohawks exploded with seven goals in the second to tie the game up at ten. They scored two more goals than Vermont in the third period to take the victory and…
Both the Cannons and Machine headed into the night vying to stay tied for the third seed in Major League Lacrosse with the Florida Launch and New York Lizards. Boston did so on Saturday night with a 17-16 win in overtime thanks to the game winner from Will Manny. Boston controlled most of the game until three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter when Ohio began their comeback. The Cannons…