The Toronto Rock face off with the Calgary Roughnecks this week as the top teams in their respective divisions. Toronto leads the league with five wins but lost last Friday to Minnesota, while Calgary has won four in a row. “We know we have a big test in the Roughnecks coming to the ACC Friday night, so like I said before we need to be ready to play and try…
The NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks were not happy with their 0-3 start that left them with 32 goals. However in their last three games, all wins, Rochester has picked up 40 goals including 33 this weekend when they outscored opponents 33-17. “Our offence is extremely talented with players like Cody [Jamieson], [Casey] Powell, and [Dan] Dawson up there it’s pretty incredible to watch what they can do with the ball.”…
The Calgary Roughnecks have climbed the western conference’s standings to now sit at 4-2 and in first place after they lost their first two games of the season. The Roughnecks have scored more than any team in the league, along with Washington, and many of those goals come in this streak. “Just keep playing the way we know how to play.” said ‘Necks rookie Joe Resetarits. “We know its not…
We’ve heard the rumors for years of the Chesapeake Bayhawks building a lacrosse centric stadium. A story in the Washington Examiner yesterday took a look at the Hawks deciding the move their 22,000 seat proposal down to 13,000-14,000 seats. The proposed complex would be in Bowie and include ten other fields for youth and other leagues and would be just south of Baltimore Orioles’ affiliate Bowie Bay Sox stadium. The…
The Colorado Mammoth went into the 2013 season with a tough goaltender situation, with veteran Chris Levis coming in as the starter and Matt Roik as the backup. Roik had been coming off a terrible season starting with the Toronto Rock while their other backup Tye Belanger is out with a knee injury. Colorado resigned Dan Lewis who had played in a few minutes of action last season, but Roik…
Major League Lacrosse has several players playing in Division One lacrosse after this January’s draft, so we check in on who had the best weeks of future MLL stars. Massachusetts 16 Army 9 UMass has several players going pro after this season, including Will Manny to the local Boston Cannons. Yesterday he scored one goal. Garret Thul, drafted to the Hamilton Nationals, had a goal and an assist in the…
The Washington Stealth defeated the Colorado Mammoth in Everett last night to start the season 2-0 against their western rivals. Washington was led by Tyler Richards in net who made 51 saves on 57 shots in the 13-6 win. Richards is now 8-0 all time against Colorado, and this is the second game he has allowed seven goals or less in a row after he lost to Rochester 7-6 last…
The Hamilton Nationals announced yesterday evening that they have acquired midfielder Martin Cahill from the Boston Cannons in return for their fifth round draft pick in the 2014 MLL Collegiate Draft. Cahill, who had played with the Rochester Rattlers, was traded to Boston after a disappointing start to last season. The midfielder was shipped to the Cannons for long bomb shooter Brad Ross who continued to be productive with the…
Yesterday we saw the Baltimore Bombers make some moves, one of which was releasing forward Justin Otto. Otto then signed with the Rhode Island Kingfish. Already playing in Boston last season, Otto is ready to be back in New England. “I’m excited to be apart of the new organization. They have some great talent on the floor and can be a very good team once everything gels.” Otto had been…
Ethan Farrell’s Philadelphia Wings were blown out by the Rochester Knighthawks yesterday. But before that, I caught up with him about the season so far for the Wings, and about being an American in the NLL. 1. What has the NLL experience been like? Its been pretty awesome so far. Making it from Free Agent/Rookie camp to the Training Camps and getting a roster has been unbelievable. Just being able…