A little after a week after the Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft, the New York Lizards have signed goaltender Devon Wills from the free agent player pool. Wills will become the first female goalie in the history of MLL. “This is a huge honor,” said Wills via press release. “It was an honor to be considered and I have a lot of respect for all the guys in the supplemental…
The cuts in the National Lacrosse League began today with a bang as the Vancouver Stealth have cut forwards Athan Iannucci and Dean Hill. Iannucci has been a star in the NLL with the single season scoring record at 71 goals with Philadelphia years ago. Hill has bounced around in his career but had seemed to find a home in Washington the past few seasons. Making the roster over Iannucci…
This past week the New Westminster Salmonbellies traded star goalie Tyler Richards to the Burnaby Lakers. Richards sat out last season and the Bellies still got picks out of the trade. We caught up with New West GM Dan Richardson to discuss the trade. 1. Why the trade? Tyler made it clear to the organization he wasn’t going to play for us in 2014 or beyond. 2. How do you…
The Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft has come to an end, and we have the results below. Some surprises included JJ Morrissey, Ken Clausen andKyle Rubisch while some like Chazz Woodson and Bill McGlone will be great additions to their rosters. Stay tuned for more on the draft including draft grades later on.
The New York Lizards continued making moves today acquiring some big name players and sending some away. First they traded for Kevin Copper and Matt Delonte of the Chesapeake Bayhawks for the second pick (Cam Holding) and 28th pick in today’s draft. Then the Lizards traded both Cooper and Delone to the Ohio Machine for defenseman Kyle Hartzell. New York also traded former MLL rookie of the year Matt Gibson…
Today the National Lacrosse League continued making moves today as the Toronto Rock signed forward Garrett Billings for one year while releasing forward Scott Evans. Toronto also released Eric Pitre, Bradley Kiri and Alex Lubczuk. Meanwhile, the Rochester Knighthawks signed goaltender Mike Thompson, creating an even more interesting goalie situation. Matt Vinc is their obvious starter but behind him they have Angus Goodleaf and now Thompson after they released Ian…
The Major League Lacrosse supplemental draft is tomorrow and while there will be some surprises, it’s easy to see who might go where in some cases, as listed below. Jake Beebe- Boston Beebe has only even played in Major League Lacrosse with the Cannons, and as a New England native, at the very least he is a greta practice squad option for when the Cannons need someone in a pinch….
The first NLL pre season game concluded last night with the Minnesota Swarm taking a 14-10 victory over the Colorado Mammoth at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario. Jordan MacIntosh led the Swarm with three goals, followed by second year players Shayne Jackson and Kiel Matisz and rookie Scott Jones who each added two goals. Rookie Logan Schuss, the first overall pick in this year’s draft, also added…
According to reports from IL Indoor, the Philaelphia Wings have signed Ryan Ward. Ward, a ten year NLL veteran, had been playing with the Edmonton Rush but he has not been at training camp as an unrestricted free agent, creating speculation that he might not return to the club. The Rush had offered Ward a contract according to IL Indoor and ILWT sources this past weekend at training camp, but…
We continued to follow the Calgary Roughnecks training camp last weekend where we spoke with the league MVP Shawn Evans and top faceoff man Geoff Snider.