Major League Lacrosse season is less than a month away. That means the off season is coming to a close and teams are starting training camp with their new rosters. Some teams have made some strong moves while others have been questionable. Today, we take a look at the winners of the off season, but remember, who looks the best on paper does not guarantee they look the best in…
20. Mitch Wilde- Transition R Robert Morris/Whitby Has 15 points in 19 games last season for the Warriors. Has 30 career points in Jr A and is mostly known for his defense. Was nine for 19 on faceoffs in 2011. 21. Jordan Houtby- Defender Detroit/Whitby Houtby had been a part of St. Catharine’s before their fire sale and then was shipped to the Whitby Warriors last summer. He had five…
The Rochester Knighthawks took over second place in the Eastern Conference last night with their 12-8 win over the Toronto Rock. The Rock split the weekend after defeating Buffalo the day before. Mike Accursi led the Hawks with three goals and two assists while Dan Dawson and Cory Vitarelli scored four points each. Joe Walters also picked up two assists. On the Toronto side, Colin Doyle picked up two goals…
The NCAA rankings right now list the top five as Notre Dame, Maryland, Cornell, Denver and Loyola. Right behind them is Bucknell, a team that was 16th last week. Syracuse is ninth and Massachusetts is unranked at 5-5. Some of these are surprises and some are not, but we have plenty of them. Surprises Two teams have stuck out this season so far; Bellarmine and Bucknell. Bucknell is in 6th…
The Philadelphia Wings are coming off of a 20-11 loss last night to the Minnesota Swarm. Now they face the now-last-place Colorado Mammoth in Denver. Luckily for them, Brandon Miller will be back between the pipes after a suspension. The Wings are in second place in the east still, but now they can’t clinch this weekend. Meanwhile, the Mammoth are just looking to stay in the playoff hunt. Last week…
Busy week in lacrosse with news coming from the NCAA, NLL, MLL, CLax and more. Here are the top stories we thought would interest you this week. The Edmonton Rush are in first place in the west and have clinched a playoff spot. They swept last weekend with wins against Philadelphia and Buffalo and have now won five straight road games and the rest of their season will be at…
The Ohio Machine and Hamilton Nationals announced a trade that sends goaltender Scott Rodgers and defenseman Chad Weidmaier along with the Nationals 2014 second round draft pick. In return, the Nats get midfielder Roy Lang and the Machine’s 2015 first rounder. Rodgers was a seventh overall draft pick out of Notre Dame three years ago. He was the MVP of the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and he helped the Nationals…
31. Casey Carroll- Defender Duke Carroll has missed this season with the Blue Devils due to a knee injury. Carroll was in the US Army before returning to Duke this year. The last time he had played was 2007. He was a third round MLL draft pick to the Hamilton Nationals this year. 32. Eric Law- Attack Denver Last season Law scored 26 goals for the University of Denver. He…
Welcome to the first edition of the top 50 lacrosse prospects. We have compiled a list of the top 50 prospects for professional lacrosse (NLL and MLL). All of these prospects have never played in the NLL or MLL or any pro level (NALL etc) to qualify. All of them have played juniors, seniors or NCAA lacrosse. Below is 50-41. 41. Tyler Digby- Forward/Attack R Robert Morris/New Westminster Digby…
Before this weekend, the Toronto Rock were the only NLL team to have clinched a playoff seed. Now the Edmonton Rush are another with a win over that Rock team on Sunday and over the Buffalo Bandits the day before. The Rush have been on a five game road trip and have swept the trip to up their record to 8-5 on the season, and a half game ahead of…