Photo Credit: Dan Brodie One day after relieving three coaches from its staff, the Colorado Mammoth have announced their replacements. Former Mammoth players Pat Coyle, Chris Gill and Dan Stroup will man the bench as interim coaches, and will work collectively as a team. “They are some of the best to ever play the game, and they’re champions,” said Mammoth president & general manager Steve Govett. “I have the utmost…
Colorado will replace head coach Hamley and assistant coaches The Colorado Mammoth have announced that head coach Bob Hamley and assistants Ed Comeau and Sean Ferris have been relieved of their coaching duties effective immediately. “I have tremendous respect and admiration for Bob, Ed and Sean, and can’t say enough about what tremendous men they are,” said Mammoth president & general manager Steve Govett. “Unfortunately, our team has not met…
The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has announced the complete schedule and division alignments for the 2014 FIL Men’s World Championship, which takes place July 10-19 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., the “Official Competition City” for the world championship. A record 38 nations will participate in this year’s world championship and will play 142 games over 10 days, beginning with a rematch of the last world championship game….
National Indoor Field Lacrosse is pleased to announce the Buffalo Xtreme as the newest member of the league that will begin play in 2014-15. Buffalo becomes the first American franchise with the plans of expanding south of the border. “This is an exciting time for the NIFL as Buffalo becomes our first US franchise as we move forward into the inaugural season,” said Director of Business Operations Walter Gatt. “We have had an overwhelming response from players all…
Senior Torin Varn fired a bullet from 11 yards out with 20 seconds remaining in the first overtime to give the Hofstra Pride a 9-8 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas at James M. Shuart Stadium Saturday afternoon. Varn, a co-captain from Ithaca, NY, took a pass from long-stick junior midfielder Ryan Rielly and beat Hoya goalie Jake Haley for his fifth goal of the season for the game-winner. Freshman…
Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced the activation of forward Eric Law from the Practice Roster in time for tonight’s game against the Calgary Roughnecks. To make room for Law on the Active Roster, defender Patrick Merrill was placed on the one-week Injured Reserve list as he is battling pneumonia. Look for Rob Hellyer to see more time on the defensive side of the ball to fill in…
This afternoon the 5-0 Ohsweken Demons take on the 1-4 Durham TurfDogs at 2pm and it can be heard live on the Lacrosse Radio Network. Yesterday Ohsweken took down Niagara to remain undefeated. Roger Vyse is now a part of the Demons roster and he has been a big impact for them. Meanwhile, Durham has lost two straight and are in a bit of a tailspin. Their two losses were…
The Barrie Blizzard continue to retool their roster after their head office and coaching shuffle last week. Today, the Blizzard acquired Travis Gibbons and AJ Masson from the Niagara Lock Monsters in exchange for a First Round Draft pick in 2014 or 2015 and player Scott Gamble. After beefing up their defence last week, the Blizzard have added some scoring punch with their recent acquisitions. Owen Sound native Travis Gibbons…
Flanagan’s commitment helps grow the sport in underserved communities around Charlotte BOSTON (Feb. 27, 2014) – Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that the first recipient of the HEADstrong Humantiarian of the Month award is Charlotte Hounds defenseman Ryan Flanagan. Read the full story here The HEADstrong Foundation and MLL entered into a partnership in January to help raise awareness about blood cancers to the…
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The Vancouver Stealth announced today that defenseman and Captain Kyle Sorensen will undergo arthroscopic surgery later this week, after re-injuring himself in Colorado last week. He is expected to miss 4-6 weeks and has been placed on the 21 day injured reserve list. In addition, defender Chris O’Dougherty, who was placed on the 21 day injured reserve list prior to the team’s doubleheader a week ago,…