When Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse/MILL/NLL started in 1987 we had four teams and all made the playoffs. In 1988 we still had four teams and only three made it with the first place team getting a bye to the championship. In 89-90 same format but we had six teams in the league. As the league grew the playoff format was tinkered with over and over. In 1998 they went to…
2014 NLL schedule announced 09/03/2013, 1:00pm EDT By NLL.com Expanded 18-game regular season schedule opens on Saturday, Dec. 28 The National Lacrosse League has announced the schedule for the 2014 NLL regular season. As the 28th season of professional indoor lacrosse, the new 81-game schedule has expanded from 16 to 18 games per team this year and will open on Saturday, Dec. 28 with three Face Off 2014 games. The…
With the NLL Draft only two weeks away (Sept 16), the Philadelphia Wings will be selecting 19th overall. Their main focus must be a back-up goaltender. Last season we saw 8 goalies in camp, and saw the departure of a young goalie Steve Fryer in favor of veteran Kevin Croswell (biggest blunder of the season) as backup to Brandon Miller. We ended the season with a goalie from the Toronto…
This past weekend, Philadelphia hosted the MLL Championships in which the Chesapeake Bayhawks repeated as MLL Champions and won their 5th title. The site was PPLPark home of the Philadelphia Union soccer team. On Saturday we saw 4,228 people come to support their teams, and on Sunday we had 3,798 fans for the title game. From 2004-2008 the Philadelphia Barrage played in the MLL (2001-03 Bridgeport CT). During there existence…
When I was asked by Marisa Ingemi in the fall of 2011 prior to the start if training camp for the upcoming 2012 NLL season, never did I expect to have a two weekends that I will always remember. August 10, 2013 I took the train to BWI Airport where Bill Criss from www.marylandsportsinsider.com picked me up and I went to cover the Bayhawks/Hound regular season finale. That night I…
Yesterday we caught up with MLL legends Casey Powell and Jake Steinfeld to preview tomorrow’s championship game. We have the audio below.
In a game that was one for the ages the Chesapeake Bayhawks used a barrage of 10 shots in the final fifteen minutes to outscore the Nationals 5-1 to defeat the Hamilton Nationals 13-12 in front of 4,228 fans at PPL Park to earn a a spot in today’s Championship game against the Charlotte Hounds. For sixty minutes these teams battled every second of the way. Largest lead the…
The Charlotte Hounds pulled one of the biggest upsets in lacrosse history defeating the Denver Outlaws in the MLL semi finals yesterday. We caught up with some of the stars of the game and another special guest.
We went one on one with Charlotte Hounds attackman Matt Danowski at MLL championship weekend practices.
(Photo: Maryland Sports Insider) Championship Weekend is only 4 days away, and the Chesapeake Bayhawks have one mission, return the Steinfeld Cup back to Chesapeake. The Bayhawks won title number four last year defeating the Denver Outlaws 16-6. This year may be a tougher hill to climb. The Bayhawks road to Championship Weekend seemed in jeopardy as they went 4-4 after the first 8 games of the season, but…