Tonight the Boston Cannons at 3-4 will have a chance to tie for third place with the Florida Launch and one of the New York Lizards or Charlotte Hounds. A loss will put them at 3-5 and tied for the sixth spot and out of the playoffs. Ohio is in the same position. Last week the Cannons fell to the Chesapeake Bayhawks. Boston was in a tight contest with Chesapeake and…
Our Pat Gregoire has been reporting the past few weeks about a new American box lacrosse league, and after a week of research we can confirm that there is indeed a new box lacrosse league coming however plans are for it to be North American. The league is likely to begin in 2016, though 2015 is a possibility. Rosters are said to include at least half American players including one…
Jordan Wolf is a two time NCAA champion with the Duke Blue Devils, including the 2014 team capturing the title. He is also a MLL 2014 Rookie of the Week and already has five career points, in just one game with the Rochester Rattlers. “It felt great to just play again. Its only been a few weeks since the National Championship but I definitely missed playing and competing,” he told…
According to the Peterborough Examiner, the Peterborough Lakers of Major Series Lacrosse have been forced to forfeit their first three games of the season. The Lakers, who had been 4-1, are now 1-4. This is due to the fact that forward Scott Evans had been supposed to sit out the first game of the season with a suspension but he did not, so the league took away the wins they…
The Ottawa Axemen and Kahnawake Mohawks are both 7-1 and lead the standings in the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League. Meanwhile, the Vermont Voyageurs are three games back at 3-4 and Sherbrooke is five games back at 2-6. The Kahnawake Tomhawks are in last place at 0-7. Three games took place this weekend. The first game of the weekend was on Saturday as Sherbrooke hosted the Mohawks. Kahnawake led 4-3 after one…
Tonight the Boston Cannons are looking for their first back-to-back wins of the season tonight as they finish off their road trip at Chesapeake. Meanwhile, the Bayhawks are 1-5 on the season and have not won since their second game of the season on May 3rd when they beat New York, 12-11. The good news for the Bayhawks is Peet Poillon will be back in the lineup after missing last…
This week we catch you up with all the important news around each Major League Lacrosse team, heading into week six of the season. Boston Cannons * Head coach John Tucker said of goaltender Jordan Burke, “He’s done his job, that’s for sure” and that the Cannons need to play better for him. He says they are their own worst enemy, throwing balls away and making mistakes. Charlotte Hounds *…
The Chesapeake Bayhawks made two trades on Tuesday night, first trading for Stephen Robarge from the Denver Outlaws and then immediately trading for defenseman Jason Noble from the Florida Launch. The Bayhawks were last in the league in faceoff percentage, which is why they traded for the Outlaws faceoff man in Robarge who played behind their starter, Anthony Kelly. They sent Cam Holding out to Denver. Holding also plays in…
If you are a lacrosse fan on Twitter there is no doubt you have seen the #ChangeTheCage hashtag and movement by now. In Canada, players used to be able to wear whatever masks they wanted. This is from the Western Lacrosse Association to midget league. Apparently they were worried about helmets popping off because the chin straps could be a bit loose. So the Canadian Lacrosse Association, for supposed safety…
After the Calgary Roughnecks defeated the Edmonton Rush on Friday night in the NLL’s first ever “mini game”, all the talk has been about just that. Not Calgary’s road upset. Not the end of the Rush’s amazing season. But about the mini game. On Saturday night, the Rochester Knighthawks defeated Buffalo to get to a mini game and they won in the sudden death OT portion of the ten minute…