The Rochester Knighthawks have made a few trades out to Denver with star players recently. Two years ago it was John Grant Jr and now it’s Casey Powell being shipped to the Colorado Mammoth for defender Jon Sullivan and a third round pick. The NLL trade deadline is on Wednesday and Colorado and Rochester are the last place teams in their respective conferences. It’s rare to see moves these big…
The NLL trade deadline is coming up, so we spoke with general managers throughout the league about what we might see happen. Today we spoke with the GM of the Calgary Roughnecks, Mike Board. Board says that he feels the offense is a strong point for the Riggers and that is not an area they would look to improve. “We feel our offence can compete with any team in the…
The Boston Rockhoppers were playing in their last game before their championship tilt in Kentucky, and it was surprisingly tight victory for them as they defeated the Rhode Island Kingfish 15-14. Boston was led by goaltender Chris Hettler, replacing an injured Vincent Talbot who was hurt during warmups. Mike Stone also scored four goals while Ryan Hotaling and Tommy Palasek each had hat tricks. They got two goal efforts from…
We are about six months away from the NLL draft. That means it’s time to start looking at draft prospects! Well, maybe not. This isn’t an NFL draft after all. But it might be interesting seeing who is eligible and who has a chance to draft some top players this fall. First Round Toronto Rock (From Colorado) Minnesota Swarm Colorado Mammoth (From Rochester) Minnesota Swarm (From Edmonton) Calgary Roughnecks Minnesota…
Let’s take a minute to forget that Baltimore vs Kentucky was cancelled and all of the issues we have heard about and talk about the lacrosse on the field, shall we? Tomorrow night the Boston Rockhoppers return home to play their New England rival Rhode Island Kingfish. Rhode Island, who sits at 0-3, have added two new offensive players in James Synowiez and Justin Otto from Baltimore to shore up…
The Nanaimo Timbermen have been looking for a head coach, and now they are bringing in one of the best Canadian lacrosse players of all time to do it. Former Calgary Roughnecks forward Kaleb Toth will be the bench boss for the 2013 WLA season. Toth spent eight seasons as a member of the Timbermen’s roster as well. The Timbermen have not made the playoffs since 2007, and their former…
Garrett Billings was the February NLL player of the month as the Toronto Rock sit atop of the NLL standings. I had a chance to catch up with the MVP candidate about the season thus far. MI: How do you feel about the start for Toronto? GB: I think we have had a similar start to the last few years. We came blazing out of the gates and started with…
This week we have some movement and it might be a bit surprising. How could a winless team rank higher than a team with two wins? Easy. The winless team has lost three and the two win team has lost four, and will be in the playoffs. 1. Boston Rockhoppers 6-1 Alright, this won’t be changing anytime soon. Boston is destroying teams in this league because their transition can’t be…
Last season the Charlotte Hounds were one of the expansion teams into Major League Lacrosse. They struggled at points in year one, but they shook things up for 2013. I spoke with their head coach Mike Cerino about the upcoming season. MI: How Tough is it losing Stephen Berger? MC: Losing Berger is going to be tough on the field and around the locker room. You don’t replace his production…
This game was a tale of two teams going in different directions on the floor as the Boston Rockhoppers moved to 6-1 on the season while Kentucky fell to a 2-5 record. Boston picked up a 16-13 victory where they just played their game as they have all season, and that’s a game of smart shots, and not many penalties. Boston was led by Vince Talbot in net yet again…