If the Edmonton Rush do nothing else this season, they have already made a historic run. Sitting at 8-0 heading into this week, they are just the second team to ever accomplish the feat. They can go 9-0 if they defeat Vancouver this weekend, but more than that, the team is looking for a win as they vie for the playoffs and a chance at a championship. “We are extremely…
The defending champion Rochester Knighthawks are coming off of a strong win in Colorado against the Mammoth and this week will be hosting their rival Philadelphia Wings. In their win against Colorado, third year player Stephen Keogh led the ‘Hawks with five goals in the first half. “It was a good win for us last week especially on the road in a tough building,” Keogh told us. “We came out…
Tonight the Rochester Knighthawks (5-3) head to Denver to face off with the 4-6 Colorado Mammoth. Both teams are looking to rebound from losses last week; Rochester lost to the Calgary Roughnecks 11-10 on the road while Colorado fell to the Vancouver Stealth 19-9 on a Friday night. On the Mammoth’s 100th home game ever, Adam Jones remains out of the lineup with a separated shoulder. “To play at home, we’re…
MLL Talk is in its second week and discussing all of the roster moves in the league. Join Andrew Goldberg (NCAA GameDay Live, MLL Roundtable), Alex Urquhart (InLacrosseWeTrust.com) and Dave Giancola (College Lax AM and The College Lax Report) for all the latest news!
The Vancouver Stealth are a little more than halfway through their first season in British Columbia. We caught up with their general manager Doug Locker to discuss their season so far. 1. How do you evaluate the season so far? a. Obviously it’s been a disappointment thus far. We have been inconsistent in many parts of our game and just have not played a full 60 minutes on a regular basis. There are a…
Today Major League Lacrosse named the LXM Pro players who will be on MLL rosters in 2014. The new partnership between the only professional field lacrosse leagues in North American allows players to play in both leagues. The two most interesting notes are that no goalies were signed, and Billy Bitter was not picked up by a team. Boston The Cannons theme this entire off season has been upgrading their…
The other day we took a look at how American players in the National Lacrosse League tend to be defense first players. After speaking with some American lacrosse players and some lacrosse executives, it seems clear that the skill set and foot work of the Americans is what makes them defenders, along with what NLL coaches are looking for. To play defense in box lacrosse takes more athleticism, which field…
The Quebec Senior Lacrosse League kicks off their season in a couple of months, and when they do there will be two new teams. Currently, the league has three teams with the Vermont Voyageurs, Capital Region Axemen and the Kahnawake Mohawks, and they play the Three Nations Lacrosse League teams during their schedule. Capital Region is the former Montreal Phoenix and they started playing in Ottawa last season. This season,…
Only five teams are in action this week with three games, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of interesting stories to look at this week in the NLL. Number Five- Chris White Returns The Toronto Rock made a few defensive moves this week as Chris White will be activated off of the injured reserve to play in his first NLL game of 2014. The Rock demoted Dustin Dunn and…
Tonight MLL Talk will debut on In Lacrosse We Trust as our first ever live YouTube event. Hosted by Lacrosse Radio Network’s Andrew Goldberg (NCAA GameDay, MLL Roundtable, St. John’s pxp) the show will also include ILWT writers Alex Urquhart and Joe Keegan. Tonight’s show will discuss the merger between MLL and LXM Pro, the new deal with STX, Peter Baum joining the Ohio Machine and more. Watch the video…