Ryan Ward announces his retirement after 11 years of NLL action In a statement released by the New England Black Wolves forward Ryan Ward has formally announced his retirement after 11 seasons in the National Lacrosse League. “I have been contemplating my retirement for several months but found it difficult to announce as I feel I still have the ability to play at a high level,” Ward, 34, said in…
During the preseason the National Lacrosse League will be experimenting with the shootout to see if it may be of some interest in the future. Immediately following all preseason games this December, no matter what the score a shootout will be held. For those familiar with the NHL, the shootout rules are the same. The teams will not change ends for the shootout. The home team shall have the choice…
Drew Petkoff spent his first four seasons in the National Lacrosse League with the Toronto Rock before joining the Buffalo Bandits in 2013 where he was inactive for the season and on the training camp roster for 2014 while recovering from injury. Petkoff who is a native of Hamilton, Ontario has played 28 career games with 13 points (2G/11A) and has picked up 132 loose balls. Earlier this month the…
Kyle Buchanan was played 9 games his rookie season for the Stealth in 2013. Kyle scored 4 G/18A in only 9 games. Last season Buchanan played with the Philadelphia Wings and had an outstanding season registering 23 goals and 46 assists in 18 games. Buchanan played along side of Kevin Crowley, Tracey Kelusky, and Garrett Thul and Jordan Hall (traded to Rochester) just to name a few. Now the question…
On an absolute gorgeous day in Philadelphia, the 2nd annual University City Classic was played. Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania and John Hopkins Unversity all took part on this day. All the proceeds from this event went to benefit the HEADstrong Foundation. Game 1 Drexel 6 Penn 6. In the first game we had a rematch of the first round in last year’s NCAA Tournament. Both teams came out…
At the University City Lacrosse Classic yesterday, we caught up with Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala about all things fall ball and Hopkins.
The second annual University Classic will be held once again on the University of Pennsylvania Campus at PennPark. Schedule: 11:00 am Drexel vs Penn 1:15 pm Drexel vs John Hopkins 3:00 pm John Hopkins vs Penn Previews Drexel Dragons (13-5/4-1) will face Penn in the first game. These schools are seperated by a mile at the most. At one time or another paths are crossed with the…
The New England BlackWolves have signed Kevin Croswell to be the backup to starting goaltender Evan Kirk. The question here is can he be the answer. Before the team moved from Philadelphia they have never really had a good backup. They always relied on a top number one goalie. Dallas Eliuk was the man between the pipes and fr some time had Andy “Pizza” Piazza. There have been other backups,…
This past weekend I had the priviledge of attending The 8th Annual Nicholas Colleluori Classic. A total of 14 teams participated in the two day event. Some of the top Division 1 Schools attended the event. Syracue, Bellarmine, Binghamton, Monmouth, Hartford and Hofstra highlighted day one. But what seemed to make this extra special this year was the venue of the event. The site, Ridley Senior High School in Folsom,…
When those of us in the lacrosse world hear the name Jordan Hall, the first thing that comes to mind is how he was involved in a blockbuster trade in 2012 that sent himself, Robbie Campbell, Joel White and Paul Rabil from Rochester to Philadelphia for Dan and Paul Dawson abd a first round pick in 2016. Fast forward 21 months later and Jordan Hall is back in Rochester after…