Last season the Boston Cannons struggled to score in the second half of games. This led to some late season losses and their ultimate playoff loss. On Sunday in their 14-11 loss to the New York Lizards, it looked like it would be the same old again. Paul Rabil was in the lineup after the Philadelphia Wings got eliminated so that excuse doesn’t really jive in this case. Matt Poskay…
The nature of the beast in the National Lacrosse League is rumors of teams moving. The latest rumor was the Edmonton Rush possibly moving to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but it appears the Rush are downplaying this rumor. “Let the record show that he’s lost a lot of money and he’s spent a lot of time … he may even have grey hairs that have come from this experience because he’s put…
NLL awards season is here and two of the game’s best were honored today. Doug Locker, the general manager of the Washington Stealth, was named executive of the year while Toronto Rock head coach Troy Cordingley was named head coach of the year. “This award, which I’m very humbled by, does not come without the support of great ownership, an outstanding coaching staff, and a group of players who perform…
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 Lacrosse Radio Network is happy to announce an agreement with Major League Lacrosse to broadcast games throughout the 2013 season. “With our new radio format now in place, adding more MLL games to our summer lineup made sense for us” said Marisa Ingemi, the CEO of the Lacrosse Radio Network. “We are very happy to have LRN carry some of our games,” said MLL Commissioner David Gross. “This will…
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…