NLL Rookie Report: Week Six

February 13, 2015

Week 6 of the NLL season was another light one, as there where just two games on the schedule. None the less, five rookies saw action this past weekend. Shane MacDonald saw his return to the Minnesota Swarm lineup, as the Swarm pulled off the upset of the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks. Connor Goodwin and Jerome Thompson continued their stellar starts to the season with the Bandits, and Miles Thompson continued his offensive assault…

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Rookie Report: Week Five

February 6, 2015

Week 5 of the NLL season saw the usual suspects in the Rookie Report have big games, Ben McIntosh, Miles Thompson, Eli McLaughlin and Robert Hope continue to shine for their respective teams, showing little to no indication they are only a month into their first NLL campaign. Week 5 also saw the likes of Mark Cockerton and Matt Crough make their NLL debuts, while rookies Colin Boucher and Brandon Clelland picked up…

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Rock Stay Hot, Roughnecks Lose Fourth Straight

February 1, 2015

The Calgary Roughnecks and Toronto Rock entered Saturday night’s affair in much different positions. The Rock were leading the East Division with a 3-1 record, while the Calgary Roughnecks were sitting in the West Division’s basement with an 0-3 record. While the Roughnecks put forth a much better effort on Saturday night, they once again found themselves on the losing side of things, dropping the game by a score of 12-11. While the Roughnecks…

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Rocky Road for Roughnecks Leads to Toronto

January 31, 2015

The Calgary Roughnecks head into Toronto sporting their worst ever record to start a season, as Calgary has opened the season 0-3. Meanwhile the Rock have kicked off the 2015 NLL season with great success, sporting a 3-1 record to lead the NLL’s East Division. Calgary most recently fell 16-8 to Alberta neighbor Edmonton and have struggled throughout the early season to keep the ball out of the back of…

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Kodiaks Acquire MacDonald from Brampton

January 29, 2015

The K-W Kodiaks and the Brampton Excelsiors have completed a trade that sends the 3rd overall pick in the recent MSL draft Michael MacDonald and Jay Lindsay to the Kodiaks in exchange for Jayson Crawford, Connor Campbell & K-W’s 2nd round pick in the 2016 MSL Draft. Crawford and Campbell both played their final Junior A season with the Brampton Excelsiors but where unable to be protected by the club…

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NLL Rookie Report: Week Four

January 29, 2015

After a light Week 3, that saw just one game of action, the NLL get back into the swing of things during Week 4 of the season, with all nine teams in action. Week 4 saw a number of rookies have breakout games, with the likes of number 1 pick Ben McIntosh and number 3 pick Miles Thompson exploding for 7 and 6 points respectively. Defensive rookies, Robert Hope, Sheldon…

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MSL Draft Analysis: Lakers, Excelsiors Lead the Way

January 28, 2015

The Major Series Draft is in the books again for another year, with 29 players being selected from various Junior A and B clubs. While many teams added a ton of talent, powerhouses like Six Nations and Brooklin made few selections, and while having limited picks in other sports drafts may be a down fall, teams like Six Nations and Brooklin simply don’t need many picks, as their rosters are next to set for the upcoming season already….

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2015 MSL Draft Results

January 26, 2015

The 2015 Major Series Draft lacked the big name, potent goal scorer first overall pick that the 2014 draft had in Orangeville’s Rob Hellyer, however it did boast a deep crop of talent. The Brampton Excelsiors had a strong Junior team in 2014, which usually means a large graduating class, with the Senior Excelsiors only able to protect two players, they found themselves having to leave the likes of Tyler Ferreria, Matt…

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MSL Draft Player Protection Analysis

January 22, 2015

The 6 Major Series Lacrosse franchises protected two players apiece for the upcoming MSL draft that takes place this Sunday (January 25th). While there was some fairly easy protections made, in the cases of Johnny Powless, Quinn Powless, Reilly O’Connor, Shane MacDonald, Turner Evans & Danny Lomas, a couple teams had tough decisions to make on players. The Brampton Excelsiors in particular had the toughest decisions to make , with the protection…

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NLL Rookie Report Week 3: Bandits and Stealth Young Guns Lead Pack

January 22, 2015

Week 3 of the NLL season was a quite one, as just one game was on the schedule. The Buffalo Bandits, after having a bye week in week 2 of the NLL season, traveled to Vancouver to take on the Stealth. Vancouver was coming off a devastating 20-11 loss to the Toronto Rock, and bolstered their defense with the signing of Colin Boucher and the activation of hulking 6’3, 220…

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