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There has been a lot of excitement around the New England Black Wolves lately, mainly because this coming Friday, January 2nd 2015, the New England Black Wolves will play their home opener at the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort and this game will also be the first NLL game to be played in the New England area since the Boston Blazers final season played back in 2011. The newest Black Wolves goalie, Tye…
You don’t usually see many college football players go into the world of pro lacrosse. If anything, you see more lacrosse players go into the NFL, players such as; current Buffalo Bills, Chris Hogan and Houston Texan, Will Yeatman. One player, Bill O’ Brien has just made the jump into the NLL. O’Brien was a three-year starting defensive end and linebacker at the Division One AA, Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Growing…
Saunders was a sixth round selection of the Chicago Shamrox back in 2008. Since then he has spent time with the Minnesota Swarm, Rochester Knighthawks, Toronto Rock, and Philadelphia Wings in 2012. Last season Saunders was back again in Philadelphia and had a bang out year with 25 G, 14 A in 15 games. Prior to the start of last season Saunders came into camp on a mission. He was…
Making the practice squad in your first year is nothing to shake your head at. Matt Crough, of the New England Black Wolves, will spend his first season in the NLL practicing with the big club while he hones his skills to be able to make a dynamite impact as a sophomore. The 5’9″, 172 lb Peterborough native was drafted 15th overall in September. “I was thrilled about being drafted…
The New England Black Wolves pre season could have gone better. The first year team didn’t win a game, despite a close contest with Buffalo that ended with their 10-9 loss. As a new team, they are expected to have their struggles, and the young squad is certainly open to improvements. New England has 12 new players from last season when they moved from Philadelphia. They are also one of…
The New England Black Wolves have a solid starting goalie in Evan Kirk. Going into their first season, however, there have been questions about who will be backing up. After Kevin Croswell was released, it was announced the team had traded for Colorado Mammoth backup Tye Belanger, and that was their answer. “Excited on this new chapter in my lacrosse career.” says Belanger. “It;s thrilling to know I’ll be a…
The MLL got its unofficial start to the season on Wednesday as every team took part in the annual MLL Supplemental draft. It was the first step in many for teams to start constructing their rosters in hoping to win the 2015 MLL Championship. This coems after a crazy offseason that saw some of the best players to ever play the game retire. Gone are Rochester’s Kevin Leveille, Denver’s Lee…
Last night the Toronto Rock and New England Black Wolves closed out their preseasons with Toronto blowing past the ‘Wolves by a score of 18-10. Leading the way for Toronto was first year Rock player Brett Hickey with five goals and eight points overall. Josh Sanderson added eight points of his own. New England tied the game early at one thanks to a diving goal from rookie Quinn Powless, but…
The New England Black Wolves have solidified their roster going into this 2015 season. At the forward position, the Black Wolves have three players from last year’s Wings team. Kevin Crowley, who is the team’s franchise player, scored 75 points last year and is the leader of the club. Also two breakout players from last year return in Pat Saunders and Kyle Buchanan. Saunders scored 39 points last year and all time has…
The Boston Cannons traded for Ryan Young today of the Charlotte Hounds. In return, the Hounds will acquire a second round pick. In 11 games with Charlotte last season, Young produced 19 points. Young has 83 career points in his four seasons in Major League Lacrosse. The attackman out of Maryland could add some offense that the Cannons seemed to lack late in the 2014 season. A breakout player in…