The Boston Cannons open their season at home this afternoon as they take on the two-time defending champion Chesapeake Bayhawks. Boston has seen plenty of overturn in an offseason after they failed to make the playoffs. Boston will have Paul Rabil in the lineup, a rarity since he typically plays NLL when the season begins, but he skipped the 2014 NLL season. Matt Poskay will be out as he is…
Friday Night Lights Kicks off an action packed Weekend of College and Pro Action Patriot League Playoffs Army vs. Lehigh I like Lehigh in this matchup between two very well coached teams. Lehigh is balanced on offense and has strong goaltending with junior Matt Poillion. My prediction is Lehigh by three. Loyola vs. Colgate I made the mistake of not picking Loyola in the regular season matchup. I’m not going…
The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, today announced their 25-man active roster and 6-man practice squad for the start of the 2014 season, according to Cannons General Manager Kevin Barney. “We had a strong couple of weeks of training camp,” said Cannons Head Coach John Tucker. “From veterans and guys acquired in off-season trades, to new players it was a competitive camp at all positions. …
Hi ILWT Readers, Another weekend of training camp is now in the books! As I mentioned last week, the Cannons traveled out to Union College to face the Rochester Rattlers in a pre-season scrimmage. The trip to Schenectady began early Saturday morning, as all local team members met at the Cannons’ office in Allston for a planned departure at 8 am. My day started off on the wrong foot, as…
The Boston Cannons opened up the Major League Lacrosse scrimmage season with a 14-10 win over the Rochester Rattlers on Saturday night. Statistics were not officially recorded, so the following accounts of the game are based off social media posting and what we were told from players. Matt Poskay, Brodie Merrill, Paul Rabil and Ryan Boyle were all out for this game. Merrill was playing with the Philadelphia Wings while…
The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, have announced the acquisition of three players from the league player pool today in preparation for the start of training camp. The Cannons added midfielder Tim Harder, defenseman Ryan Hollenbaugh, and midfielder Kyle Sminkey to their 40-man roster. Tim Harder made his MLL debut with Hamilton on July 30th, 2011 after being acquired by the Nationals as…
With MLL Draft over, teams are now in a dead period in the sport as they anticipate the beginning of training camps and await their newcomers from the recent collegiate draft. However, since the college season has officially begun and drafted players are now competing in preseason practice, they will not join their teams until some time during May. So how will each team look when their college draftees join…
The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that Rob Hale has acquired a majority stake in the team. Hale was previously a minority owner in the team. The recent transaction provides Hale with a controlling interest in the Cannons organization and team operations. In conjunction with the transaction, Hale will assume the lead of the Cannons Board of Directors and become the Cannons’…
With an enormous amount of offensive power on the Charlotte bench, there can only be so many consistent guys. With the MLL Collegiate Draft to take place in less than 12 hours, the Hounds made the decision to trade Owen Blye to a hurting Boston Cannons team for a 2014 fourth round Collegiate Draft pick. Former Terrapin Blye saw limited time on the field in his rookie season with the…
The Boston Cannons continued to revamp their roster as they took part in last Wednesday’s MLL Supplemental Draft. A total of 96 players were chosen from a pool of over 500 players and the Cannons seems to try and make the most of their picks. All in all, the Cnanons added 11 players, some with high profile names, such as Jack Rice, and others not so much, Michael Maggio. Below…