The Florida Launch took off yesterday with an 11-8 win over the Charlotte Hounds for their first win of the season, and the first win in the young franchise’s history. Led by veterans Casey Powell and Kevin Crowley, the Launch found a way to take the victory. “It is a great feeling getting the first win in Launch history,” head coach Stan Ross told us. “It is an exciting time…
The Rochester picked up their first win of the season in their first home game as they defeated the Boston Cannons 8-7. Last week the Cannons scored 15 and Rochester made a point to hold the Cannons down this week, and they did, holding them to just eight goals and just one at the half. The player of the game was John Galloway who made 11 saves to stop the…
Tonight the Boston Cannons look to open their season 2-0 as they travel to Rochester to take on the Rattlers. Rochester lost last weekend in New York and this is their home opener. Last year the Rattlers beat the Cannons twice as they finished one game above Boston in the standings. Everything went right for Boston last week as Kevin Buchanan scored seven goals, Will Manny a hat trick and…
It’s week two of the Major League Lacrosse season and our staff has picks for this week’s games; consensus picks include Boston (all votes), Florida (four of six), New York (four of six) and Ohio and Denver tied with three picks each. Name Cannons vs Rattlers Hounds vs Launch Lizards vs Bayhawks Machine vs Outlaws Marisa Ingemi Ian Neadle Brendan Staudt Kyle Fletcher Di Miller Andrew Goldberg Why These Picks? Ian…
The Quebec Senior Lacrosse League opens its season tomorrow and for the first time there will be five teams, with the Kahnawake Tomahawks and Sherbrooke Express joining the league. Kahnawake of course has had a rocky off season and have been in the news, but nonetheless they will play this year as the season gets underway. “With respect to the Tomahawks, the QSLL is looking forward to hear an official…
The Vancouver Stealth will be one of three teams not participating in the 2014 National Lacrosse League playoffs after they finished with the second worst record in the league. This was their first year in Vancouver after they moved from Everett, Washington, but most of the roster had stayed intact, but it still led to an unexpected bad season. Naturally, after a down season, blame is placed on coaching and…
The Kahnawake Rapids took home the 2014 Ales Hrebesky Memorial Tournament with a 5-2 win over the Clarington Green Gaels. The Rapids went into the tournament as one of the strongest teams, highlighted by current and former NLL players such as Logan Kane, Mike Thompson, Alex Kedoh Hill, Roger Vyse and Brandon Francis. In the final game, the Gaels hit seven posts while scoring just the two goals, one of…
Yesterday after the Boston Cannons 15-9 win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks, we caught up with several players and the Bayhawks head coach Dave Cottle. Brodie Merrill Jordan Burke Will Manny Dave Cottle Jack Reid
Last season the Boston Cannons missed the playoffs, and a big cause was their struggles on defense. The 2014 offseason was spent improving that defense with the trade for Brodie Merrill from Florida and the signing of Jack Reid away from the New York Lizards. In their win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks on Sunday, defense was the key, along with goaltending, which also struggled in 2013. Jordan Burke made eight…
The Boston Cannons open their season at home this afternoon as they take on the two-time defending champion Chesapeake Bayhawks. Boston has seen plenty of overturn in an offseason after they failed to make the playoffs. Boston will have Paul Rabil in the lineup, a rarity since he typically plays NLL when the season begins, but he skipped the 2014 NLL season. Matt Poskay will be out as he is…