Last week the MLL announced that the Hamilton Nationals will relocate to Florida. They will be known as the Florida Launch. Yesterday the Launch and the Cannons were involved in a trade. The Launch sent Brodie Merrill, midfielder Martin Cahill and the No. 37 overall selection in the 2014 Collegiate Draft to Boston in exchange for defenseman PT Ricci, midfielder Lee Coppersmith and the No. 12 overall selection in the…
Philadelphia Wings have signed Pat Saunders to a one year deal. Saunders had a cup of coffee with the Wings in 2012. Saunders also has spent time with the Minnesota Swarm and Toronto Rock. Saunders was a sixth round selection of the Chicago Shamrox back in 2008. Saunders took part in the Wings free agent camp on November 17th and earned a spot on the 40 man camp roster with…
NLL PRESS RELEASE 11/25/13 The National Lacrosse League is proud to announce Under Armour (NYSE:UA) as the league’s new exclusive supplier of performance apparel, footwear & equipment through the 2016 season. NLL players will proudly compete in the new Under Armour® apparel and equipment when the 2014 season begins on December 28. Under Armour will provide NLL athletes with state-of-the-art performance training apparel, baselayer and footwear including the UA Micro…
We caught up with Philadelphia Wings goaltender Evan Kirk in his first training session as a Wing.
Philadelphia Wings training camp has officially started. Friday night was the first of four sessions. This session was mainly to see what type of cardio shape the players are in. Joel White, Brodie Merrill, Kyle Sweeney and Jordan Hall placed themselves at the top of the list after the side board to side board sprints. (up and back 6 times in under a minute). All finished with an average of…
The Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) have agreed to terms with goalie Evan Kirk, forwards Kevin Ross, Michael McLellan, Bill McGlone, Kyle Buchanan, Tracey Kelusky and Ethan Farrell, defenders AJ Masson and Pat Heim, and transition players Jordan Hall and Ryan Hotaling for the 2014 season. Kirk enters his first season with the Philadelphia Wings after being acquired this off-season in a trade with the Minnesota Swarm….
This past weekend the Philadelphia Wings had their free agent/rookie camp to see who makes it to the 40 man camp roster with the veterans. Unfortunately, there was no way to identify a lot of players there, but their were a few that I knew from previous interviews/meetings. A surprise at the camp was a former Wing looking to get back into the game after a concussion. Local product and…
When the clock strikes 10 tomorrow morning, A.J.Mason, Tucker Durkin, James Delaney, Don Alton, and Rob Pannell will join Kyle Buchanan, Patrick Crosby, Eric Holt and others as rookies and free agents report for a three hour camp. This is step number one for most of these players as they try to make it on to a National Lacrosse League roster. The players that are fortunate enough to make it…
Rochester coach has led team to back-to-back NLL Championships Rochester Knighthawks press release (November 12, 2013)… The Rochester Knighthawks announced today that Head Coach Mike Hasen has agreed to a four-year deal. The Brampton, Ontario native enters his fourth season behind the bench after leading the team to back-to-back National Lacrosse League Championships (2012-13). Hasen was excited to re-sign with an organization that he has been a part of for…
A few weeks ago the league and the players agreed on a new CBA. This new agreement will bring indoor lacrosse to the fans for the next seven years. The ink wasn’t even dried and teams started signing players. Nothing unusual, except this time teams are locking up players for three years and some for seven years. The two-time defending champion Rochester Knighthawks already have three signed for seven years. …