1. Jeremy Noble- Forward L Denver/Orangeville Top prospect in all of lacrosse, first overall MSL pick to Kitchener and can score, pass and play in any league in any form of lacrosse at any level. 2. Logan Schuss- Forward L Ohio State/Delta Schuss was a draft pick to the New Westminster Salmonbellies in the WLA. Was the second overall pick there and played juniors with Delta. 3. Robert Church- Forward …
Today the Boston Cannons and New York Lizards open their seasons at 3:30pm in New York. Both teams are coming off of disappointing first round playoff exists, especially the Lizards, who blew a ten goal lead to lose to Denver in the first round. Both teams are without the faces of their franchises. The Cannons are without former MLL MVP Paul Rabil, Kevin Buchanan, Kyle Sweeney and others while New…
The MLL held their coaches conference call this morning that also included commissioner David Gross. We have some news and notes from each team. We’ll update this post as news breaks. League News All 60 games will be available to watch this season on either national TV, local TV affiliates or on ESPN3.com or YouTube for the first time in league history. Rochester Rattlers Head coach Tim Soudan says it…
The last week of the regular season was full of great plays, check them out below.
Today, Buffalo Bandits’ head coach and general manager Darris Kilgour mortgaged two first round picks, one in 2013 and and one in 2014, to the Minnesota Swarm in exchange for Anthony Cosmo, a 34-year-old goalie taken in last year’s Boston Blazers dispersal draft.’ Is two first round picks a stiff price? Sure, but there’s no doubt that Bandit head coach Darris Kilgour is in win-now mode. NLL legend John Tavares…
They say history repeats itself, but not in 2013. The Buffalo Bandits will not be in the NLL playoffs for the first time in 11 years, as they fell to the Rochester Knighthawks 10-9 last night in front of 19,000 fans at First Niagara Center. On the other side of the country, the Colorado Mammoth also won, defeating the Minnesota Swarm, clinching a playoff seed. The Swarm are now in…
We have the CLax playoffs with the Final Four this weekend and the last week of the NLL season, plus the Canadian lacrosse world has seen its share of stories this week. Connor Danko Goalie of the Year The Canadian Lacrosse League is pleased to announce Niagara Lock Monsters Connor Danko as the 2013 CLax Goalie of the Year and the Brampton Inferno’s Ben McCullough as the 2013 CLax Defensive…
The National Lacrosse League has hit week 16 with three teams battling for the final two playoff positions. While the team battles are ongoing, so are the individual statistic battles of the players. Every team plays this weekend except for the Toronto Rock. Garrett Billings has 100 points on the season, two back of the league leader Shawn Evans from the Calgary Roughnecks. This means that Billings will not be…
The NLL Draft is now just about six months away. About time we start previewing it, right? We’ve been looking at the top prospects in the game all month along with needs for some of the teams and draft positions. Chaka Bainbridge is a lacrosse super agent and represents more than a few prospects who are ready for the 2014 draft. This draft is being called one of the deeper…
The Boston Cannons were coming off of their first MLL Championship in 2011. But 2012 wasn’t exactly as they expected. Boston started out the season 4-0 before a stunning OT loss to Rochester. They lost two of their next four as well as they struggled to score late in games, and ultimately finished with the last playoff seed and lost in the playoffs to Chesapeake. In 2013, their roster isn’t…